2022 Best Value Agriculture Schools for an Associate in Minnesota

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 an Associate in Minnesota” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Minnesota, there were 2 general agriculture graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 1 general agriculture graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,738 and $20,226 respectively.

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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

One Size Does Not Fit All

The agriculture school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Agriculture Schools for an Associate in Minnesota”.

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Best Value Agriculture Schools for an Associate in Minnesota

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Agriculture Schools for an Associate in Minnesota.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Agriculture in Minnesota

#1

Ridgewater College

Willmar, Minnesota

#1 in overall quality

$11,764 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ridgewater College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Agriculture Schools for an Associate in Minnesota list. This small school is located in Willmar, Minnesota, and it awarded 1 associates’s agriculture degrees in 2019-2020.

Ridgewater College also took the #1 spot in our “Best General Agriculture Associate Degree Schools in Minnesota” ranking. It costs about $11,764 for Minnesota Associate Degree Agriculture students per year to attend Ridgewater College.

Full Ridgewater College General Agriculture Report

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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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