2023 Most Focused Colleges for Agriculture in Maryland
2
Ranked Colleges
55
Degrees Awarded
$31,300
Avg Cost*
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Agriculture is the 202nd most popular major in the country with 3,370 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across Maryland, there were 55 agriculture graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools Highly Focused on Agriculture Major in Maryland” ranking looked at 2 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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Schools Highly Focused on Agriculture Major in Maryland
The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools Highly Focused on Agriculture Major in Maryland”.
Top 2 Most Focused Colleges for Agriculture in Maryland
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Agriculture Major in Maryland that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Maryland Eastern Shore landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in Princess Anne, Maryland, and it awarded 15 ’s agriculture degrees in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Full University of Maryland Eastern Shore Agriculture Report
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Agriculture Major in Maryland that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Maryland - College Park landed the #2 spot on the list. UMCP is a large school located in College Park, Maryland that handed out 40 ’s agriculture degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 95%.
Full University of Maryland - College Park Agriculture Report
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Notes and References
References
- The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
- Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
- Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.
Read more about our data sources and methodologies
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.
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