2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Agriculture in Virginia

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Master’s in Virginia” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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 Virginia, there were 76 general agriculture graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $26,016 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 33 general agriculture graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 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.

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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

More Ways to Rank General Agriculture Schools

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Master’s in Virginia” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Master’s in Virginia

The colleges and universities below are the best for virginia master’s degree agriculture students.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Agriculture in Virginia

#1

Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, Virginia

#1 in overall quality

$30,547 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$44,468 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Virginia Tech. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Agriculture Schools for a Master’s in Virginia list. Virginia Tech is a large school located in Blacksburg, Virginia that handed out 33 masters’s agriculture degrees in 2019-2020.

Virginia Tech also took the #1 spot in our “Best General Agriculture Master’s Degree Schools in Virginia” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Virginia Tech are $30,547, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about General Agriculture at Virginia Tech

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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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