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2022 Best Value Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region

5 Ranked Colleges
764 Degrees Awarded
$32,300 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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 the Great Lakes region, there were 8,378 agriculture and agriculture operations graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,108 and $17,531 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 764 agriculture and agriculture operations graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,428 and $121,375 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in agriculture and agriculture operations. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent agriculture and agriculture operations programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the agriculture and agriculture operations 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 Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region.

Top 6 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Agriculture & Agriculture Operations in the Great Lakes Region

#1

University of Wisconsin - Madison

Madison, Wisconsin
#1 in overall quality
$25,523 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Wisconsin - Madison. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region. University of Wisconsin - Madison is a large school located in Madison, Wisconsin that handed out 97 doctorate’s agriculture and agriculture operations degrees in 2019-2020.

UW - Madison also made our “Best Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at UW - Madison are $25,523, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#2

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, Indiana
#2 in overall quality
$28,794 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Purdue University - Main Campus. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region. Purdue is located in West Lafayette, Indiana and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 128 doctorate’s agriculture and agriculture operations degrees to qualified students.

Purdue also took the #2 spot in our “Best Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Purdue are $28,794, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#3

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Champaign, Illinois
#3 in overall quality
$30,083 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign landed the #3 spot on the list. This large school is located in Champaign, Illinois, and it awarded 199 doctorate’s agriculture and agriculture operations degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UIUC, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UIUC are $30,083, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#4

Michigan State University

East Lansing, Michigan
#5 in overall quality
$37,056 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Michigan State University landed the #4 spot on the list. This large school is located in East Lansing, Michigan, and it awarded 140 doctorate’s agriculture and agriculture operations degrees in 2019-2020.

Michigan State also made our “Best Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #5. Average graduate tuition and fees at Michigan State University are $37,056, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Agriculture & Agriculture Operations at Michigan State University

#4

Southern Illinois University Carbondale

Carbondale, Illinois
#6 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 #4 for the Best Value Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region. Located in Carbondale, Illinois, this fairly large public school handed out 6 degrees to qualified doctorate’s agriculture and agriculture operations students in 2019-2020.

SIUC also made our “Best Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #6. Average graduate tuition and fees at SIUC are $32,928, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Agriculture & Agriculture Operations at Southern Illinois University Carbondale

#5

Ohio State University - Main Campus

Columbus, Ohio
#4 in overall quality
$37,141 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Ohio State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region. This large school is located in Columbus, Ohio, and it awarded 194 doctorate’s agriculture and agriculture operations degrees in 2019-2020.

Ohio State also took the #4 spot in our “Best Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Ohio State University - Main Campus are $37,141, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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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%.

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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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