2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Agriculture in Nebraska

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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 Nebraska, there were 51 general agriculture graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 20 general agriculture graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,068 and $24,613 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Bachelor’s in Nebraska

The colleges and universities below are the best for nebraska bachelor’s degree agriculture students.

Top 1 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Agriculture in Nebraska

#1

University of Nebraska - Lincoln

Lincoln, Nebraska

#1 in overall quality

$17,208 Average Net Price

$46,478 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Bachelor’s in Nebraska that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Nebraska - Lincoln landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Lincoln, Nebraska, and it awarded 20 bachelors’s agriculture degrees in 2019-2020.

UNL also made our “Best General Agriculture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Nebraska” list, coming in at #1. The estimated yearly cost for University of Nebraska - Lincoln is $17,208 for Nebraska Bachelor’s Degree Agriculture students.

The low student loan default rate of 4.2% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read more about General Agriculture at University of Nebraska - Lincoln

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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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