2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Agriculture (Income $75-$110k) in the Rocky Mountains Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 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.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general agriculture programs that also have a lower cost than 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 Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $75-$110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for rocky mountains region master’s degree agriculture students whose families make $75-$110k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Agriculture (Income $75-$110k) in the Rocky Mountains Region

#1

Colorado State University - Fort Collins

Fort Collins, Colorado

#1 in overall quality

$28,055 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$48,667 Average Early-Career Earnings

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 $75-$110k list. Located in Fort Collins, Colorado, this large public school handed out 24 diplomas to qualified masters’s agriculture students in 2019-2020.

Colorado State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Agriculture Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Colorado State are $28,055, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on General Agriculture at Colorado State University - Fort Collins

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Agriculture (Income $75-$110k)

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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