2023 Best General Agriculture Colleges for Veterans in Delaware
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Ranked Colleges
71
Degrees Awarded
$31,600
Avg Cost*
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in Delaware for Agriculture” 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 Delaware, there were 71 general agriculture graduates with average earnings and debt of $30,587 and $22,750 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Delaware for Agriculture” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in general agriculture. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general agriculture programs as well as strong veteran support.
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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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Most Veteran Friendly in Delaware for Agriculture” list to help you make the college decision.
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Most Veteran Friendly in Delaware for Agriculture
The colleges and universities below are the best for delaware vets studying agriculture.
Top 2 Best General Agriculture Colleges for Veterans in Delaware
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Delaware State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Delaware for Agriculture list. Del State is a public institution located in Dover, Delaware. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 25 ’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Del State also made our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” list, coming in at #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS].According to our most recent data, Delaware State University supports 4,739 students, and 152 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 66 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $6,378. To help with additional expenses, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Delaware State University]](/colleges/delaware-state-university/student-life/veterans/)
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Delaware. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Delaware for Agriculture list. UD is a public institution located in Newark, Delaware. The school has a large population, and it awarded 46 ’s degrees in 2020-2021.
UD also made our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” list, coming in at #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS].Among the 23,613 students enrolled at UD, 364 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 188 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $8,229. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, 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%.
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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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