2023 Most Well Attended Agriculture Major in the Far Western US Region for a Bachelor’s
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Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Most Well Attended Agriculture Major in the Far Western US Region for a Bachelor’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Agriculture is the 202nd most popular major in the country with 3,370 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Far Western US region, there were 392 agriculture graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 272 agriculture graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,720 and $23,024 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Agriculture Major in the Far Western US Region for a Bachelor’s” ranking analyzed 8 colleges that offered a degree in agriculture. To top this list, a school must have a successful agriculture program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.
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Most Well Attended Agriculture Major in the Far Western US Region for a Bachelor’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for far western us region bachelor’s degree agriculture students.
Top 8 Most Popular Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Agriculture in the Far Western US Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Oregon State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Agriculture Major in the Far Western US Region for a Bachelor’s list. Oregon State is a large school located in Corvallis, Oregon that handed out 88 bachelors’s agriculture degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read more about Agriculture at Oregon State University
Out of the 8 schools in the Most Well Attended Agriculture Major in the Far Western US Region for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, California State University - Chico landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Chico, California, this fairly large public school awarded 70 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s agriculture students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.0% 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 more about Agriculture at Chico State
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Agriculture Major in the Far Western US Region for a Bachelor’s list. Located in San Luis Obispo, California, this large public school awarded 38 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s agriculture students in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Agriculture at California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend California State University - Stanislaus. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Agriculture Major in the Far Western US Region for a Bachelor’s list. California State University - Stanislaus is a fairly large school located in Turlock, California that handed out 35 bachelors’s agriculture degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.3% 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%.
Read more about Agriculture at Stan State
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Nevada - Reno. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Agriculture Major in the Far Western US Region for a Bachelor’s list. UNR is a large public school situated in Reno, Nevada. It awarded 21 bachelors’s agriculture degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Agriculture at University of Nevada - Reno
University of Hawaii at Hilo came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Agriculture Major in the Far Western US Region for a Bachelor’s ranking. Located in Hilo, Hawaii, this small public school awarded 20 degrees to qualified bachelors’s agriculture students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Agriculture at University of Hawaii at Hilo
Washington State University landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended Agriculture Major in the Far Western US Region for a Bachelor’s ranking. This large school is located in Pullman, Washington, and it awarded 31 bachelors’s agriculture degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Agriculture at Wazzu
California State University - Fresno came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Agriculture Major in the Far Western US Region for a Bachelor’s ranking. California State University - Fresno is a large school located in Fresno, California that handed out 3 bachelors’s agriculture degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read full report on Agriculture at California State University - Fresno
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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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