by our College Data Analytics Team
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 “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Agriculture Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.
General Agriculture is the 157th most popular major in the country with 3,370 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, general agriculture graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $36,894 and had an average of $20,543 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Great Lakes region, there were 436 general agriculture graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,084 and $15,913 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 117 general agriculture graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,077 and $19,490 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Agriculture Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking looked at 8 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general agriculture. That schools that top this list have a program in general agriculture in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Agriculture Major in the Great Lakes Region”.
Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Agriculture Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Kaskaskia College landed the #1 spot on the list. Centralia, Illinois is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s agriculture degrees to 23 students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on General Agriculture at Kaskaskia College
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Black Hawk College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Agriculture Major in the Great Lakes Region list. This small school is located in Moline, Illinois, and it awarded 6 associates’s agriculture degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Illinois Central College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Agriculture Major in the Great Lakes Region list. ICC is a medium-sized school located in East Peoria, Illinois that handed out 6 associates’s agriculture degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Ivy Tech Community College. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Agriculture Major in the Great Lakes Region. Ivy Tech Community College is a public institution located in Indianapolis, Indiana. The school has a large population, and it awarded 79 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Kellogg Community College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Agriculture Major in the Great Lakes Region list. This small school is located in Battle Creek, Michigan, and it awarded 2 associates’s agriculture degrees in 2020-2021.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
Kankakee Community College ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Agriculture Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Kankakee Community College is a small school located in Kankakee, Illinois that handed out 1 associates’s agriculture degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on General Agriculture at Kankakee Community College
Triton College landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Agriculture Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Triton College is a medium-sized public school situated in River Grove, Illinois. It awarded 0 associates’s agriculture degrees in 2020-2021.
Andrews University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Agriculture Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking, coming in at #7. Andrews University is a small school located in Berrien Springs, Michigan that handed out 1 associates’s agriculture degrees in 2020-2021.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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