2022 Best Value International Ag Schools for a Master’s 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 Ag Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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.

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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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value International Ag Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

To further help you make the college decision, we’ve developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.

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

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value International Ag Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for International Agriculture 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 list. North Dakota State University - Main Campus is a fairly large school located in Fargo, North Dakota that handed out 1 masters’s international ag degrees in 2019-2020.

North Dakota State University also made our “Best International Agriculture Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at North Dakota State University are $11,589, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about International Agriculture at North Dakota State University

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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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