2023 Most Focused Colleges for Other Agriculture in the Plains States Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools Highly Focused on Other Agriculture Major in the Plains States Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2020-2021, 602 people earned their degree in other agriculture, making the major the 267th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, other agriculture graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $41,859 and had an average of $23,034 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Plains States region, there were 51 other agriculture graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools Highly Focused on Other Agriculture Major in the Plains States Region” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in other agriculture. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in other agriculture.

For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Schools Highly Focused on Other Agriculture Major in the Plains States Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region other agriculture students.

Top 2 Most Focused Colleges for Other Agriculture in the Plains States Region

1

University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Lincoln, Nebraska

#14 overall quality in Plains States

$44,380 Average Early-Career Earnings

$22,837 Average Student Debt

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Other Agriculture Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Nebraska - Lincoln landed the #1 spot on the list. UNL is located in Lincoln, Nebraska and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 48 ’s other agriculture degrees to qualified students.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Other Agriculture at University of Nebraska - Lincoln

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Dodge City Community College
Dodge City, Kansas

$50,338 Average Early-Career Earnings

$8,383 Average Student Debt

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Other Agriculture Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Dodge City Community College landed the #2 spot on the list. Dodge City Community College is a public institution located in Dodge City, Kansas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 1 ’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Other Agriculture at Dodge City Community College

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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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Andy Pernick.