by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on International Ag Major” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
International Agriculture is the 332nd most popular major in the country with 122 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, international agriculture graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $35,046 and had an average of $23,250 in loans still to pay off.
At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 74 international agriculture graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,682 and $26,217 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on International Ag Major” ranking, we looked at 8 colleges that offer a degree in international agriculture. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in international agriculture.
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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on International Ag Major” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for bachelor’s degree international ag students.
Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on International Ag Major that were part of this year’s ranking, College of the Ozarks landed the #1 spot on the list. College of the Ozarks is located in Point Lookout, Missouri and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 3 bachelors’s international ag degrees to qualified students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Iowa State University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on International Ag Major. Ames, Iowa is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s international ag degrees to 45 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.4% 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%.
Read more about International Agriculture at Iowa State University
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Dordt University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on International Ag Major. Sioux Center, Iowa is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s international ag degrees to 1 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.3% 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%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Cornell University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on International Ag Major list. This large school is located in Ithaca, New York, and it awarded 14 bachelors’s international ag degrees in 2020-2021.
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. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 96%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of California - Davis. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on International Ag Major. This large school is located in Davis, California, and it awarded 11 bachelors’s international ag degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.5% 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 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Huntington University landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on International Ag Major ranking. Huntington, Indiana is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s international ag degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.4% 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%.
Read full report on International Agriculture at Huntington University
With a ranking of #6, Wilmington College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on International Ag Major list. Wilmington College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Wilmington, Ohio. It awarded 0 bachelors’s international ag degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on International Agriculture at Wilmington College
With a ranking of #6, Utah State University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on International Ag Major list. USU is a large school located in Logan, Utah that handed out 0 bachelors’s international ag degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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