2022 Best Vallue Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making Over $110k

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Agriculture & Agriculture Operations is the 23rd most popular major in the country with 51,300 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. 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 Illinois, there were 2,901 agriculture and agriculture operations graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,040 and $17,274 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 163 agriculture and agriculture operations graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,267 and $46,814 respectively.

This year’s “Best Vallue Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making Over $110k” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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.

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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Vallue Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making Over $110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Vallue Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making Over $110k.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Agriculture & Agriculture Operations (Income Over $110k) in Illinois

#1

Illinois State University

Normal, Illinois

$11,069 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Vallue Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Illinois State University landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Normal, Illinois, and it awarded 4 masters’s agriculture and agriculture operations degrees in 2019-2020.

Illinois State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #0 on our “Best Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Illinois State University are $11,069, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Agriculture & Agriculture Operations at Illinois State

#2

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Champaign, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$30,083 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

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 #2 for the Best Vallue Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making Over $110k. UIUC is located in Champaign, Illinois and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 106 masters’s agriculture and agriculture operations degrees to qualified students.

UIUC also took the #1 spot in our “Best Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UIUC are $30,083, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Agriculture & Agriculture Operations at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

#3

Southern Illinois University Carbondale

Carbondale, Illinois

#2 in overall quality

$32,928 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southern Illinois University Carbondale. The school came in at #3 for the Best Vallue Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making Over $110k. SIUC is a fairly large school located in Carbondale, Illinois that handed out 18 masters’s agriculture and agriculture operations degrees in 2019-2020.

SIUC also made our “Best Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at SIUC are $32,928, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full SIUC Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Agriculture & Agriculture Operations (Income Over $110k) in the Great Lakes Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Agriculture & Agriculture Operations (Income Over $110k)

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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