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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Agriculture in the Far Western US Region (With Aid)

6 Ranked Colleges
247 Degrees Awarded
$15,500 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Bachelor's in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking - to help you make that 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 Far Western US region, there were 382 general agriculture graduates with average earnings and debt of $29,550 and $17,985 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 247 general agriculture graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,083 and $22,209 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in general agriculture. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general agriculture programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the general agriculture program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for far western us region bachelor’s degree agriculture students with aid.

Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Agriculture in the Far Western US Region (With Aid)

#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend California State University - Stanislaus. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid list. Stan State is located in Turlock, California and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 17 bachelors’s agriculture degrees to qualified students.

Stan State also took the #5 spot in our “Best General Agriculture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for California State University - Stanislaus is $6,019 for Far Western US Region Bachelor’s Degree Agriculture students with aid.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read more about General Agriculture at California State University - Stanislaus

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, California State University - Chico landed the #2 spot on the list. California State University - Chico is a fairly large school located in Chico, California that handed out 69 bachelors’s agriculture degrees in 2019-2020.

Chico State also made our “Best General Agriculture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list, coming in at #2. It costs about $15,017 for Far Western US Region Bachelor’s Degree Agriculture students with aid per year to attend Chico State.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full California State University - Chico General Agriculture Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid list. San Luis Obispo, California is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s agriculture degrees to 27 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best General Agriculture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. It costs about $21,595 for far western us region bachelor’s degree agriculture students with aid per year to attend Cal Poly San Luis Obispo.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%. The student loan default rate at the school is 1.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on General Agriculture at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo

#4

Washington State University

Pullman, Washington
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Washington State University landed the #4 spot on the list. Pullman, Washington is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s agriculture degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our far western us region bachelor’s degree agriculture students with aid list, Wazzu has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best General Agriculture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. It costs about $16,358 for Far Western US Region Bachelor’s Degree Agriculture students with aid per year to attend Washington State University.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about General Agriculture at Wazzu

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Hawaii at Hilo. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid list. Hilo, Hawaii is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s agriculture degrees to 27 students in 2019-2020.

UH Hilo also made our “Best General Agriculture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list, coming in at #6. The estimated yearly cost for University of Hawaii at Hilo is $13,885 for far western us region bachelor’s degree agriculture students with aid.

Read full report on General Agriculture at UH Hilo

#6

Oregon State University

Corvallis, Oregon

Oregon State University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid ranking. This large school is located in Corvallis, Oregon, and it awarded 89 bachelors’s agriculture degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Oregon State, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best General Agriculture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Oregon State is $20,016 for far western us region bachelor’s degree agriculture students with aid.

With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on General Agriculture at Oregon State University

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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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