2023 Most Focused Colleges for International Agriculture in the Middle Atlantic Region
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$31,600
Avg Cost*
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In 2020-2021, 122 people earned their degree in international agriculture, making the major the 926th most popular in the United States.
Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 31 international agriculture graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools Highly Focused on International Agriculture Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in international agriculture. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their international agriculture program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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Schools Highly Focused on International Agriculture Major in the Middle Atlantic Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region international agriculture students.
Top 2 Most Focused Colleges for International Agriculture in the Middle Atlantic Region
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on International Agriculture Major in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Chatham University landed the #1 spot on the list. Chatham University is a small school located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania that handed out 10 ’s international agriculture degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
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Out of the 2 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on International Agriculture Major in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Cornell University landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Ithaca, New York, this large private not-for-profit school awarded 21 degrees to qualified ’s international agriculture students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 96%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.9% 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 undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
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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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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