by our College Data Analytics Team
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 “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Agriculture Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
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 Middle Atlantic region, there were 261 general agriculture graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,503 and $18,124 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 20 general agriculture graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,164 and $17,633 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Agriculture Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree 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 Middle Atlantic Region”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Salem Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Agriculture Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Salem Community College is a small school located in Carneys Point, New Jersey that handed out 3 associates’s agriculture degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend SUNY Cobleskill. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Agriculture Major in the Middle Atlantic Region. This small school is located in Cobleskill, New York, and it awarded 4 associates’s agriculture degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Agriculture Major in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Morrisville State College landed the #3 spot on the list. Morrisville State College is a small public school situated in Morrisville, New York. It awarded 4 associates’s agriculture degrees in 2020-2021.
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Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Agriculture Major in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Alfred State College landed the #4 spot on the list. Alfred State College is located in Alfred, New York and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 7 associates’s agriculture degrees to qualified students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Delaware. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Agriculture Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. This large school is located in Newark, Delaware, and it awarded 2 associates’s agriculture degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 90%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Cumberland County College ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Agriculture Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in Vineland, New Jersey, this small public school handed out 0 diplomas to qualified associates’s agriculture students in 2020-2021.
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