2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Agriculture for a Bachelor’s
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It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Agriculture for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 3,370 people earned their degree in general agriculture, making the major the 157th most popular in the United States. 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 Great Lakes region, there were 436 general agriculture graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,084 and $15,913 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 286 general agriculture graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,343 and $26,790 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Agriculture for a Bachelor’s” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in general agriculture. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general agriculture programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the general agriculture program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Agriculture for a Bachelor’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Agriculture for a Bachelor’s”.
Top 4 Best General Agriculture Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Great Lakes Region
Out of the 4 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Agriculture for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Purdue University - Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. West Lafayette, Indiana is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s agriculture degrees to 19 students in 2020-2021.
Purdue also took the #2 spot in our “Best General Agriculture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking.Among the 46,655 students enrolled at Purdue University - Main Campus, 1 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 1 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $7,765. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Purdue Veteran Student Life Report
Out of the 4 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Agriculture for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Illinois State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Illinois State is a public institution located in Normal, Illinois. The school has a large population, and it awarded 172 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Illinois State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best General Agriculture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list.Our most recent data shows that 530 of the 20,720 students enrolled at Illinois State were GI Bill® students, of which 163 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $6,997. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Illinois State offers credit for military training for eligible students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Illinois State University Veteran Student Life Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southern Illinois University Carbondale. The school came in at #3 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Agriculture for a Bachelor’s. Located in Carbondale, Illinois, this fairly large public school awarded 11 degrees to qualified bachelors’s agriculture students in 2020-2021.
SIUC also made our “Best General Agriculture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #3.According to our most recent data, SIUC supports 11,366 students, and 1 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 0 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $0. To help with additional expenses, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
[Read full report on veteran student life at SIUC]](/colleges/southern-illinois-university-carbondale/student-life/veterans/)
Out of the 4 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Agriculture for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Western Illinois University landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Macomb, Illinois, this medium-sized public school handed out 75 degrees to qualified bachelors’s agriculture students in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at WIU, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best General Agriculture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking.Among the 7,490 students enrolled at WIU, 330 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 62 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $4,652. To help with additional expenses, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. WIU offers credit for military training for eligible students.
[Read full report on veteran student life at WIU]](/colleges/western-illinois-university/student-life/veterans/)
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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).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- 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.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- 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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