2023 Most Veteran Friendly in North Dakota for Agriculture for a Bachelor’s
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$27,348
Avg Salary
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 North Dakota for Agriculture for a Bachelor’s” 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 North Dakota, there were 33 general agriculture graduates with average earnings and debt of $27,348 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 31 general agriculture graduates with average earnings and debt of $45,120 and $27,473 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in North Dakota for Agriculture for a Bachelor’s” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in general agriculture. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general agriculture programs, but they also offer a lot of support to 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Most Veteran Friendly in North Dakota for Agriculture for a Bachelor’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in North Dakota for Agriculture for a Bachelor’s”.
Top 2 Best General Agriculture Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in North Dakota
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend North Dakota State University - Main Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in North Dakota for Agriculture for a Bachelor’s list. Fargo, North Dakota is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s agriculture degrees to 11 students in 2020-2021.
North Dakota State University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best General Agriculture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in North Dakota” list.Among the 12,846 students enrolled at North Dakota State University, 4 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 0 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $0. During this same period, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. North Dakota State University does offer 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%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at North Dakota State University]](/colleges/north-dakota-state-university-main-campus/student-life/veterans/)
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in North Dakota for Agriculture for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Dickinson State University landed the #2 spot on the list. DSU is a public institution located in Dickinson, North Dakota. The school has a small population, and it awarded 20 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
DSU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best General Agriculture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in North Dakota” list.Our most recent data shows that 50 of the 1,441 students enrolled at DSU were GI Bill® students, of which 19 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $4,416. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students qualified for 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 Dickinson State University]](/colleges/dickinson-state-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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