2022 Best Value Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Making $0-$30k

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 Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 51,300 people earned their degree in agriculture and agriculture operations, making the major the 23rd most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, agriculture and agriculture operations graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $34,886 and had an average of $19,085 in loans still to pay off.

Across Massachusetts, there were 632 agriculture and agriculture operations graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,300 and $19,544 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 28 agriculture and agriculture operations graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,240 and $41,137 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great agriculture and agriculture operations programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the agriculture and agriculture operations program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Agriculture & Agriculture Operations (Income $0-$30k) in Massachusetts

#1

University of Massachusetts Amherst

Amherst, Massachusetts

#1 in overall quality

$32,341 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Massachusetts Amherst landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Amherst, Massachusetts, and it awarded 12 masters’s agriculture and agriculture operations degrees in 2019-2020.

UMass Amherst did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Massachusetts Amherst are $32,341, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Agriculture & Agriculture Operations at University of Massachusetts Amherst

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Agriculture & Agriculture Operations (Income $0-$30k) in the New England Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Agriculture & Agriculture Operations (Income $0-$30k)

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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