by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on International Ag Major in the Plains States Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 122 people earned their degree in international agriculture, making the major the 332nd most popular in the United States. 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.
Across the Plains States region, there were 50 international agriculture graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,292 and $23,250 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 49 international agriculture graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,046 and $29,021 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on International Ag Major in the Plains States Region” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in international agriculture. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in international agriculture.
See our ranking methodology to learn more.
The international ag school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on International Ag Major in the Plains States Region”.
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. Go ahead and give it a try, or bookmark the link so you can check it out later.
The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region bachelor’s degree international ag students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend College of the Ozarks. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on International Ag Major in the Plains States Region list. This small school is located in Point Lookout, Missouri, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s international ag degrees in 2020-2021.
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 in the Plains States Region. Iowa State is a large public school situated in Ames, Iowa. It awarded 45 bachelors’s international ag degrees 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
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on International Ag Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Dordt University landed the #3 spot on the list. Dordt University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Sioux Center, Iowa. It awarded 1 bachelors’s international ag degrees 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%.
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