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2022 Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k

5 Ranked Colleges
337 Degrees Awarded
$12,000 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Bachelor's in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

General Agriculture is the 148th most popular major in the country with 3,332 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, general agriculture graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $33,257 and had an average of $20,441 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 500 general agriculture graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,000 and $13,854 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 337 general agriculture graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,075 and $25,381 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in general agriculture. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general agriculture programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the general agriculture program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region bachelor’s degree agriculture students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Agriculture (Income $30-$48k) in the Great Lakes Region

#1

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, Indiana
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Purdue University - Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in West Lafayette, Indiana, and it awarded 16 bachelors’s agriculture degrees in 2019-2020.

Purdue also made our “Best General Agriculture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #2. It costs about $5,879 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Agriculture students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Purdue University - Main Campus.

The low student loan default rate of 2.2% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%.

Full Purdue General Agriculture Report

#2

University of Wisconsin - River Falls

River Falls, Wisconsin
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Wisconsin - River Falls landed the #2 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in River Falls, Wisconsin, and it awarded 9 bachelors’s agriculture degrees in 2019-2020.

UW - River Falls not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best General Agriculture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. The yearly cost to attend University of Wisconsin - River Falls is $10,124 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Agriculture students whose families make $30-$48k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 2.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on General Agriculture at UW - River Falls

#3

Western Illinois University

Macomb, Illinois

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Western Illinois University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k. WIU is located in Macomb, Illinois and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 94 bachelors’s agriculture degrees to qualified students.

WIU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best General Agriculture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for WIU is $14,526 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Agriculture students whose families make $30-$48k.

Read full report on General Agriculture at Western Illinois University

#4

Illinois State University

Normal, Illinois

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Illinois State University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Illinois State University is a public institution located in Normal, Illinois. The school has a large population, and it awarded 199 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Illinois State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Agriculture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Illinois State University is $14,999 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree agriculture students whose families make $30-$48k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about General Agriculture at Illinois State

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southern Illinois University Carbondale. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k. Southern Illinois University Carbondale is a fairly large public school situated in Carbondale, Illinois. It awarded 19 bachelors’s agriculture degrees in 2019-2020.

SIUC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best General Agriculture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for SIUC is $14,306 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree agriculture students whose families make $30-$48k.

Read full report on General Agriculture at SIUC

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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

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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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