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2022 Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $30-$48k

1 Ranked Colleges
24 Degrees Awarded
$28,100 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Master's in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $30-$48k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 3,332 people earned their degree in general agriculture, making the major the 148th most popular in the United States. 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 Rocky Mountains region, there were 108 general agriculture graduates with average earnings and debt of $44,300 and $19,709 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 24 general agriculture graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,560 and $37,817 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general agriculture programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the general agriculture program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Agriculture (Income $30-$48k) in the Rocky Mountains Region

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Colorado State University - Fort Collins. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Colorado State is located in Fort Collins, Colorado and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 24 masters’s agriculture degrees to qualified students.

Colorado State also made our “Best General Agriculture Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list, coming in at #1. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Colorado State are $28,055.

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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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