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 has developed its “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Agriculture Major in Missouri” 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 Missouri, there were 133 general agriculture graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,827 and $19,200 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 10 general agriculture graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,301 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Agriculture Major in Missouri” ranking analyzed 3 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 Master’s Highly Focused on Agriculture Major in Missouri” 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 missouri 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 Missouri list. Located in Jefferson City, Missouri, this small public school awarded 1 degrees to qualified masters’s agriculture students in 2020-2021.
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Agriculture Major in Missouri that were part of this year’s ranking, Missouri State University - Springfield landed the #2 spot on the list. Missouri State is a large public school situated in Springfield, Missouri. It awarded 8 masters’s agriculture degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.9% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Full Missouri State University - Springfield General Agriculture Report
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Agriculture Major in Missouri that were part of this year’s ranking, Northwest Missouri State University landed the #3 spot on the list. Northwest is a medium-sized public school situated in Maryville, Missouri. It awarded 1 masters’s agriculture degrees in 2020-2021.
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