2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for International Agriculture (Income $48-$75k) in the Plains States Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value International Agriculture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 164 people earned their degree in international agriculture, making the major the 905th most popular in the United States.

Across the Plains States region, there were 54 international agriculture graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 53 international agriculture graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,786 and $25,576 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value International Agriculture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in international agriculture. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality international agriculture programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the international agriculture program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value International Agriculture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region bachelor’s degree international agriculture students whose families make $48-$75k.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for International Agriculture (Income $48-$75k) in the Plains States Region

#1

Iowa State University

Ames, Iowa

#1 in overall quality

$14,161 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Iowa State University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value International Agriculture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k. Ames, Iowa is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s international agriculture degrees to 52 students in 2019-2020.

Iowa State also made our “Best International Agriculture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #1. The yearly cost to attend Iowa State University is $14,161 for plains states region bachelor’s degree international agriculture students whose families make $48-$75k.

The low student loan default rate of 3.3% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read more about International Agriculture at Iowa State

#2

Dordt University

Sioux Center, Iowa

#2 in overall quality

$22,821 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Dordt University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value International Agriculture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k. Located in Sioux Center, Iowa, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 1 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s international agriculture students in 2019-2020.

Dordt not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best International Agriculture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. It costs about $22,821 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree International Agriculture students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend Dordt University.

The low student loan default rate of 1.8% 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%.

Read full report on International Agriculture at Dordt University

• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for International Agriculture (Income $48-$75k)

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

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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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