by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Agriculture Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Agriculture is the 202nd most popular major in the country with 3,370 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 261 agriculture graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 14 agriculture graduates with average earnings and debt of $62,572 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Agriculture Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in agriculture. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in agriculture.
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The agriculture school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Agriculture Major in the Middle Atlantic Region”.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Agriculture Major in the Middle Atlantic Region”.
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Agriculture Major in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Delaware State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Del State is a medium-sized school located in Dover, Delaware that handed out 4 masters’s agriculture degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Cornell University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Agriculture Major in the Middle Atlantic Region. Located in Ithaca, New York, this large private not-for-profit school awarded 10 degrees to qualified masters’s agriculture students in 2020-2021.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 96%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Maryland - College Park. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Agriculture Major in the Middle Atlantic Region. University of Maryland - College Park is a large public school situated in College Park, Maryland. It awarded 40 masters’s agriculture degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 95%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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