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2022 Best Value Agronomy and Crop Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region

4 Ranked Colleges
83 Degrees Awarded
$15,800 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Agronomy and Crop Science Schools for a Bachelor's in the Great Lakes Region

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 “Best Value Agronomy and Crop Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 1,192 people earned their degree in agronomy and crop science, making the major the 393rd most popular in the United States.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 182 agronomy and crop science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 83 agronomy and crop science graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,075 and $25,381 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Agronomy and Crop Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in agronomy and crop science. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality agronomy and crop science programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the agronomy and crop science program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Agronomy and Crop Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Agronomy and Crop Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region.

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Agronomy & Crop Science in the Great Lakes Region

#1

University of Wisconsin - River Falls

River Falls, Wisconsin
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Agronomy and Crop Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Wisconsin - River Falls landed the #1 spot on the list. River Falls, Wisconsin is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s agronomy and crop science degrees to 18 students in 2019-2020.

UW - River Falls also took the #3 spot in our “Best Agronomy & Crop Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of Wisconsin - River Falls is $13,748 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree agronomy and crop science students.

The low student loan default rate of 2.7% 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 UW - River Falls Agronomy & Crop Science Report

#2

University of Wisconsin - Platteville

Platteville, Wisconsin
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Agronomy and Crop Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Wisconsin - Platteville landed the #2 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Platteville, Wisconsin, and it awarded 21 bachelors’s agronomy and crop science degrees in 2019-2020.

UW - Platteville also took the #4 spot in our “Best Agronomy & Crop Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of Wisconsin - Platteville is $15,718 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Agronomy and Crop Science students.

Read more about Agronomy & Crop Science at UW - Platteville

#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Agronomy and Crop Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is a large public school situated in Champaign, Illinois. It awarded 36 bachelors’s agronomy and crop science degrees in 2019-2020.

UIUC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Agronomy & Crop Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is $15,880 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Agronomy and Crop Science students.

The low 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full UIUC Agronomy & Crop Science Report

#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wisconsin - Madison. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Agronomy and Crop Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region list. UW - Madison is a large public school situated in Madison, Wisconsin. It awarded 8 bachelors’s agronomy and crop science degrees in 2019-2020.

UW - Madison not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Agronomy & Crop Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. The yearly cost to attend University of Wisconsin - Madison is $17,708 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Agronomy and Crop Science students.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 0.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 95%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read more about Agronomy & Crop Science at UW - Madison

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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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