2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Agriculture

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Doctorate” 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.

At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 10 general agriculture graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,680 and $116,043 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general agriculture programs, but they also 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Doctorate” list to help you make the college decision.

We’ve created a tool called College Combat that lets you create your own customized comparisons based on the factors that matter the most to you. We encourage you to try it out and pit your favorite colleges and universities head to head! If you don’t have time right now, you can bookmark it for later.

Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Doctorate

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Doctorate.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Agriculture

#1

The University of Tennessee - Knoxville

Knoxville, Tennessee

#1 in overall quality

$31,798 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Tennessee - Knoxville. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Doctorate list. UT Knoxville is a public institution located in Knoxville, Tennessee. The school has a large population, and it awarded 8 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UT Knoxville also took the #1 spot in our “Best General Agriculture Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UT Knoxville are $31,798, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full The University of Tennessee - Knoxville General Agriculture Report

#1

West Texas A&M University

Canyon, Texas

#2 in overall quality

$8,013 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, West Texas A&M University landed the #1 spot on the list. West Texas A&M University is a public institution located in Canyon, Texas. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 2 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

West Texas A&M University also took the #2 spot in our “Best General Agriculture Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at West Texas A&M University are $8,013, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on General Agriculture at West Texas A&M University

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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