2023 Most Focused Colleges for General Agriculture in New Jersey
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
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When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools Highly Focused on Agriculture Major in New Jersey” 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 New Jersey, there were 15 general agriculture graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools Highly Focused on Agriculture Major in New Jersey” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer 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.
See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Schools Highly Focused on Agriculture Major in New Jersey
The colleges and universities below are the best for new jersey agriculture students.
Top 3 Most Focused Colleges for General Agriculture in New Jersey
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Agriculture Major in New Jersey that were part of this year’s ranking, Salem Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. Salem County College is located in Carneys Point, New Jersey and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 3 ’s agriculture degrees to qualified students.
Read full report on General Agriculture at Salem County College
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Agriculture Major in New Jersey that were part of this year’s ranking, Rutgers University - New Brunswick landed the #2 spot on the list. Rutgers New Brunswick is a large school located in New Brunswick, New Jersey that handed out 12 ’s agriculture degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Full Rutgers University - New Brunswick General Agriculture Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Cumberland County College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Agriculture Major in New Jersey list. Cumberland County College is a small public school situated in Vineland, New Jersey. It awarded 0 ’s agriculture degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Cumberland County College General Agriculture Report
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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
- *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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