by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 a Master’s Highly Focused on Agriculture Major in the Plains States 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 Plains States region, there were 418 general agriculture graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,991 and $18,919 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 29 general agriculture graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,401 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Agriculture Major in the Plains States Region” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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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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 Plains States Region”.
We’ve created a tool called College Combat that lets you create your own customized comparisons based on the factors that matter the most to you. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.
The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region master’s degree agriculture students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lincoln University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Agriculture Major in the Plains States Region list. LU Missouri is a public institution located in Jefferson City, Missouri. The school has a small population, and it awarded 1 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Nebraska - Lincoln. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Agriculture Major in the Plains States Region list. This large school is located in Lincoln, Nebraska, and it awarded 19 masters’s agriculture degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Agriculture Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Missouri State University - Springfield landed the #3 spot on the list. Missouri State is a large school located in Springfield, Missouri that handed out 8 masters’s agriculture degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Agriculture Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Northwest Missouri State University landed the #4 spot on the list. Maryville, Missouri is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s agriculture degrees to 1 students in 2020-2021.
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