by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agriculture Major in North Carolina” 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 North Carolina, there were 86 general agriculture graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,193 and $23,566 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 56 general agriculture graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,368 and $25,940 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agriculture Major in North Carolina” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in general agriculture. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in general agriculture.
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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agriculture Major in North Carolina” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for north carolina bachelor’s degree agriculture students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend North Carolina A & T State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agriculture Major in North Carolina list. This fairly large school is located in Greensboro, North Carolina, and it awarded 24 bachelors’s agriculture degrees in 2020-2021.
Full North Carolina A & T State University General Agriculture Report
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agriculture Major in North Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, North Carolina State University landed the #2 spot on the list. NC State is located in Raleigh, North Carolina and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 32 bachelors’s agriculture degrees to qualified students.
With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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