2023 Best International Agriculture Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans
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$31,472
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It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Veteran Friendly for International Ag for a Bachelor’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
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.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly for International Ag for a Bachelor’s” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in international agriculture. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent international agriculture programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the international agriculture program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Most Veteran Friendly for International Ag for a Bachelor’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly for International Ag for a Bachelor’s”.
Top 3 Best International Agriculture Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans
Out of the 3 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly for International Ag for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Cornell University landed the #1 spot on the list. Cornell University is located in Ithaca, New York and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 14 bachelors’s international ag degrees to qualified students.
Cornell not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best International Agriculture Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list.Among the 23,620 students enrolled at Cornell University, 2 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 2 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $12,780. On top of their other funding sources, 2 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.
With a freshman retention rate of 96%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Cornell]](/colleges/cornell-university/student-life/veterans/)
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 Most Veteran Friendly for International Ag for a Bachelor’s. Iowa State University is a large public school situated in Ames, Iowa. It awarded 45 bachelors’s international ag degrees in 2020-2021.
Iowa State also took the #3 spot in our “Best International Agriculture Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 814 of the 31,822 students enrolled at Iowa State University were GI Bill® students, of which 388 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $7,933. On top of their other funding sources, 9 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Iowa State University offers credit for military training for eligible students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Iowa State Veteran Student Life Report
Out of the 3 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly for International Ag for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - Davis landed the #3 spot on the list. University of California - Davis is a large school located in Davis, California that handed out 11 bachelors’s international ag degrees in 2020-2021.
UC Davis not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best International Agriculture Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list.Our most recent data shows that 31 of the 39,074 students enrolled at University of California - Davis were GI Bill® students, of which 23 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $6,489. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]% 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%.
Full University of California - Davis Veteran Student Life Report
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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).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- 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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- 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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