2023 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for General Agriculture in Minnesota

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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 Minnesota, there were 37 general agriculture graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 3 general agriculture graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,091 and $24,039 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Agriculture Major in Minnesota” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in general agriculture. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their general agriculture program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Agriculture Major in Minnesota

The colleges and universities below are the best for minnesota associate degree agriculture students.

Top 4 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for General Agriculture in Minnesota

1

Minnesota West Community and Technical College
Granite Falls, Minnesota

Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Agriculture Major in Minnesota that were part of this year’s ranking, Minnesota West Community and Technical College landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Granite Falls, Minnesota, this small public school awarded 1 diplomas to qualified associates’s agriculture students in 2020-2021.

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2

Central Lakes College - Brainerd
Brainerd, Minnesota

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Central Lakes College - Brainerd. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Agriculture Major in Minnesota list. Located in Brainerd, Minnesota, this small public school handed out 1 degrees to qualified associates’s agriculture students in 2020-2021.

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3

Ridgewater College
Willmar, Minnesota

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Ridgewater College. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Agriculture Major in Minnesota. Ridgewater College is a small school located in Willmar, Minnesota that handed out 1 associates’s agriculture degrees in 2020-2021.

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4

South Central College
North Mankato, Minnesota

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend South Central College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Agriculture Major in Minnesota list. South Central College is a small public school situated in North Mankato, Minnesota. It awarded 0 associates’s agriculture degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about General Agriculture at South Central College

• Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for General Agriculture in the Plains States Region
• Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for General Agriculture

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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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