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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Agriculture in the Middle Atlantic Region (With Aid)

6 Ranked Colleges
185 Degrees Awarded
$21,300 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Bachelor's in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Middle Atlantic 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 Middle Atlantic region, there were 234 general agriculture graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,550 and $21,000 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 185 general agriculture graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,278 and $24,587 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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 Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Agriculture in the Middle Atlantic Region (With Aid)

#1

University of Maryland - College Park

College Park, Maryland

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Maryland - College Park. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid list. College Park, Maryland is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s agriculture degrees to 10 students in 2019-2020.

UMCP also made our “Best General Agriculture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #2. It costs about $19,045 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Agriculture students with aid per year to attend UMCP.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 95%.

Read more about General Agriculture at UMCP

#2

Cornell University

Ithaca, New York

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Cornell University landed the #2 spot on the list. Cornell is a large school located in Ithaca, New York that handed out 77 bachelors’s agriculture degrees in 2019-2020.

Cornell also made our “Best General Agriculture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #1. The yearly cost to attend Cornell University is $40,126 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree agriculture students with aid.

The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 96%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read more about General Agriculture at Cornell University

#3

Rutgers University - New Brunswick

New Brunswick, New Jersey
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Rutgers University - New Brunswick. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid. Rutgers University - New Brunswick is a public institution located in New Brunswick, New Jersey. The school has a large population, and it awarded 14 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree agriculture students with aid list, Rutgers New Brunswick has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best General Agriculture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. It costs about $21,654 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree agriculture students with aid per year to attend Rutgers New Brunswick.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%. The student loan default rate at the school is 3.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about General Agriculture at Rutgers New Brunswick

#4

University of Delaware

Newark, Delaware

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Delaware. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Newark, Delaware, this large public school awarded 51 degrees to qualified bachelors’s agriculture students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UD, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best General Agriculture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for UD is $17,220 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree agriculture students with aid.

The low student loan default rate of 2.4% 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 90%.

Read more about General Agriculture at University of Delaware

#5

Delaware State University

Dover, Delaware

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Delaware State University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid list. Del State is a small school located in Dover, Delaware that handed out 22 bachelors’s agriculture degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree agriculture students with aid list, Del State has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best General Agriculture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Del State is $12,995 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Agriculture students with aid.

Full Del State General Agriculture Report

#6

University of Maryland Eastern Shore

Princess Anne, Maryland

University of Maryland Eastern Shore landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid ranking. UMES is a small public school situated in Princess Anne, Maryland. It awarded 11 bachelors’s agriculture degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UMES, the school also landed the #6 spot in our “Best General Agriculture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. It costs about $16,980 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree agriculture students with aid per year to attend UMES.

The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

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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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