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. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Agriculture Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this 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 Middle Atlantic region, there were 261 general agriculture graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,503 and $18,124 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 14 general agriculture graduates with average earnings and debt of $62,572 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Agriculture Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered 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.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
The agriculture school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Agriculture Major in the Middle Atlantic Region”.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region master’s degree agriculture students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Delaware State University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Agriculture Major in the Middle Atlantic Region. This medium-sized school is located in Dover, Delaware, and it awarded 4 masters’s agriculture degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Cornell University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Agriculture Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. This large school is located in Ithaca, New York, and it awarded 10 masters’s agriculture degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 96%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. 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.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Maryland - College Park. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Agriculture Major in the Middle Atlantic Region. College Park, Maryland is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s agriculture degrees to 40 students in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 95%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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