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2022 Best Value Agriculture Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k

5 Ranked Colleges
96 Degrees Awarded
$17,400 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Agriculture Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Agriculture Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking.

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 Plains States region, there were 409 general agriculture graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,180 and $19,810 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 96 general agriculture graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,069 and $19,434 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Agriculture Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in general agriculture. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general agriculture programs that also have a lower cost than 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Agriculture Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Agriculture Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 5 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Agriculture (Income $75-$110k) in the Plains States Region

#1

Northeast Community College

Norfolk, Nebraska

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northeast Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Agriculture Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. Located in Norfolk, Nebraska, this medium-sized public school awarded 15 degrees to qualified associates’s agriculture students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Northeast, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best General Agriculture Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Northeast Community College is $11,856 for plains states region associate degree agriculture students whose families make $75-$110k.

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#2

Ellsworth Community College

Iowa Falls, Iowa
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Ellsworth Community College. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Agriculture Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k. Iowa Falls, Iowa is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s agriculture degrees to 23 students in 2019-2020.

Ellsworth also made our “Best General Agriculture Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #5. The estimated yearly cost for Ellsworth Community College is $13,392 for Plains States Region Associate Degree Agriculture students whose families make $75-$110k.

Full Ellsworth Community College General Agriculture Report

#3

South Dakota State University

Brookings, South Dakota

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend South Dakota State University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Agriculture Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. Located in Brookings, South Dakota, this fairly large public school awarded 20 diplomas to qualified associates’s agriculture students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at South Dakota State, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best General Agriculture Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend South Dakota State is $20,754 for Plains States Region Associate Degree Agriculture students whose families make $75-$110k.

The low student loan default rate of 3.8% 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 full report on General Agriculture at South Dakota State University

#4

Ridgewater College

Willmar, Minnesota
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ridgewater College. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Agriculture Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. Ridgewater College is a small public school situated in Willmar, Minnesota. It awarded 1 associates’s agriculture degrees in 2019-2020.

Ridgewater College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best General Agriculture Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Ridgewater College is $14,711 for Plains States Region Associate Degree Agriculture students whose families make $75-$110k.

Read more about General Agriculture at Ridgewater College

#5

Dordt University

Sioux Center, Iowa
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Agriculture Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Dordt University landed the #5 spot on the list. Dordt University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Sioux Center, Iowa. It awarded 1 associates’s agriculture degrees in 2019-2020.

Dordt also took the #2 spot in our “Best General Agriculture Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Dordt University is $26,237 for plains states region associate degree agriculture students whose families make $75-$110k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on General Agriculture at Dordt

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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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