2022 Best Value Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Schools in Oregon For Those Making $48-$75k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 in Oregon For Those Making $48-$75k” 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 Oregon, there were 612 agriculture and agriculture operations graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,080 and $22,462 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Schools in Oregon For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in agriculture and agriculture operations. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality agriculture and agriculture operations programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the agriculture and agriculture operations program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Schools in Oregon For Those Making $48-$75k

The colleges and universities below are the best for oregon agriculture & agriculture operations students whose families make $48-$75k.

Top 2 Best Value Colleges for Agriculture & Agriculture Operations (Income $48-$75k) in Oregon

#1

Portland Community College

Portland, Oregon

#2 in overall quality

$10,347 Average Net Price

$35,614 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Schools in Oregon For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Portland Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. Portland, Oregon is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s agriculture and agriculture operations degrees to 57 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Portland Community College, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Schools in Oregon” ranking. It costs about $10,347 for oregon agriculture & agriculture operations students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend Portland Community College.

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#2

Oregon State University

Corvallis, Oregon

#1 in overall quality

$20,346 Average Net Price

$41,303 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Schools in Oregon For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Oregon State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Oregon State University is a large school located in Corvallis, Oregon that handed out 359 ’s agriculture and agriculture operations degrees in 2019-2020.

Oregon State also took the #1 spot in our “Best Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Schools in Oregon” ranking. It costs about $20,346 for Oregon Agriculture & Agriculture Operations students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend Oregon State.

The low student loan default rate of 3.4% 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 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read more about Agriculture & Agriculture Operations at Oregon State

• Best Value Colleges for Agriculture & Agriculture Operations (Income $48-$75k) in the Far Western US Region
• Best Value Colleges for Agriculture & Agriculture Operations (Income $48-$75k)

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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