2022 Best Value International Ag Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region

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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 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 Ag Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value International Ag Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region bachelor’s degree international ag students.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for International Agriculture in the Plains States Region

#1

Iowa State University

Ames, Iowa

#1 in overall quality

$15,496 Average Net Price

$23,113 Average Early-Career Earnings

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 Ag Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region. Iowa State is a large school located in Ames, Iowa that handed out 52 bachelors’s international ag degrees 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 is $15,496 for plains states region bachelor’s degree international ag 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read more about International Agriculture at Iowa State

#2

Dordt University

Sioux Center, Iowa

#2 in overall quality

$25,102 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 Ag Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region. Dordt is a private not-for-profit institution located in Sioux Center, Iowa. The school has a small population, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Dordt also took the #2 spot in our “Best International Agriculture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Dordt University is $25,102 for plains states region bachelor’s degree international ag students.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on International Agriculture at Dordt

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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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