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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for International Agriculture

5 Ranked Colleges
98 Degrees Awarded
$21,800 Avg Net Price*
Best Value International Agriculture Schools for a Bachelor's

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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” 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.

At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 98 international agriculture graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,303 and $24,501 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value International Agriculture Schools for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in international agriculture. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent international agriculture programs, but they also cost less that 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value International Agriculture Schools for a Bachelor’s

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value International Agriculture Schools for a Bachelor’s.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for International Agriculture

#2 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value International Agriculture Schools for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Iowa State University landed the #1 spot on the list. 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” list, coming in at #2. The yearly cost to attend Iowa State is $15,496 for Bachelor’s Degree International Agriculture students.

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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%.

Read more about International Agriculture at Iowa State University

#5 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value International Agriculture Schools for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Utah State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Utah State University is located in Logan, Utah and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 bachelors’s international agriculture degrees to qualified students.

USU also took the #5 spot in our “Best International Agriculture Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend USU is $13,634 for bachelor’s degree international agriculture students.

Full USU International Agriculture Report

#3

Dordt University

Sioux Center, Iowa
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Dordt University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value International Agriculture Schools for a Bachelor’s. Dordt is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Sioux Center, Iowa. It awarded 1 bachelors’s international agriculture degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree international agriculture students list, Dordt has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best International Agriculture Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $25,102 for bachelor’s degree international agriculture students per year to attend Dordt.

The student loan default rate at the school is 1.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Dordt University International Agriculture Report

#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - Davis. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value International Agriculture Schools for a Bachelor’s list. UC Davis is located in Davis, California and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 23 bachelors’s international agriculture degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UC Davis, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best International Agriculture Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of California - Davis is $14,669 for bachelor’s degree international agriculture students.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full University of California - Davis International Agriculture Report

#5

Cornell University

Ithaca, New York
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Cornell University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value International Agriculture Schools for a Bachelor’s. Cornell University is located in Ithaca, New York and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 20 bachelors’s international agriculture degrees to qualified students.

Cornell not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best International Agriculture Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend Cornell University is $40,126 for bachelor’s degree international agriculture students.

With a student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 96%.

Read more about International Agriculture at Cornell

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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

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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