2022 Best Value International Ag Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value International Ag Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

International Agriculture is the 329th most popular major in the country with 164 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, international agriculture graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $28,400 and had an average of $18,123 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Plains States region, there were 54 international agriculture graduates with average earnings and debt of $28,400 and $26,640 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 1 international agriculture graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,438 and $39,783 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great international agriculture programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the international agriculture program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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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 “Best Value International Ag Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value International Ag Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value International Ag Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for International Agriculture (Income $0-$30k) in the Plains States Region

#1

North Dakota State University - Main Campus

Fargo, North Dakota

#1 in overall quality

$11,589 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend North Dakota State University - Main Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value International Ag Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Fargo, North Dakota is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s international ag degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our plains states region master’s degree international ag students whose families make $0-$30k list, North Dakota State University has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best International Agriculture Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at North Dakota State University - Main Campus are $11,589.

Read full report on International Agriculture at North Dakota State University - Main Campus

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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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