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When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agriculture Major in the Plains States Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.
In 2020-2021, 3,370 people earned their degree in agriculture, making the major the 202nd most popular in the United States.
Across the Plains States region, there were 418 agriculture graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 245 agriculture graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,046 and $29,021 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agriculture Major in the Plains States Region” ranking analyzed 13 colleges that offered a degree in agriculture. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in agriculture.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agriculture Major in the Plains States Region”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Dickinson State University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agriculture Major in the Plains States Region. DSU is located in Dickinson, North Dakota and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 20 bachelors’s agriculture degrees to qualified students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lincoln University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agriculture Major in the Plains States Region list. Located in Jefferson City, Missouri, this small public school handed out 12 degrees to qualified bachelors’s agriculture students in 2020-2021.
Out of the 13 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agriculture Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, South Dakota State University landed the #3 spot on the list. South Dakota State University is a fairly large school located in Brookings, South Dakota that handed out 51 bachelors’s agriculture degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.7% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Truman State University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agriculture Major in the Plains States Region. Truman State is a small public school situated in Kirksville, Missouri. It awarded 20 bachelors’s agriculture degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 88%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.6% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Out of the 13 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agriculture Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Northwest Missouri State University landed the #5 spot on the list. Northwest is a public institution located in Maryville, Missouri. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 28 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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Fort Hays State University landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agriculture Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Hays, Kansas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s agriculture degrees to 43 students in 2020-2021.
Dordt University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agriculture Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Dordt University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Sioux Center, Iowa. The school has a small population, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.3% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
North Dakota State University - Main Campus came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agriculture Major in the Plains States Region ranking. North Dakota State University is a fairly large school located in Fargo, North Dakota that handed out 11 bachelors’s agriculture degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.6% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Read full report on Agriculture at North Dakota State University
University of Nebraska - Lincoln ranked #9 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agriculture Major in the Plains States Region list. UNL is a large public school situated in Lincoln, Nebraska. It awarded 17 bachelors’s agriculture degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Agriculture at University of Nebraska - Lincoln
University of Missouri - Columbia came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agriculture Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Columbia, Missouri is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s agriculture degrees to 24 students in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Missouri State University - Springfield ranked #11 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agriculture Major in the Plains States Region list. Missouri State University - Springfield is a large school located in Springfield, Missouri that handed out 13 bachelors’s agriculture degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agriculture Major in the Plains States Region ranking, coming in at #12. University of Minnesota - Twin Cities is a large public school situated in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It awarded 3 bachelors’s agriculture degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.7% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read full report on Agriculture at University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
Concordia University, Nebraska ranked #13 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agriculture Major in the Plains States Region list. Seward, Nebraska is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s agriculture degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Agriculture at Concordia University, Nebraska
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