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2022 Best Value Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois

1 Ranked Colleges
205 Degrees Awarded
$31,500 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Illinois” 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 Illinois, there were 2,901 agriculture and agriculture operations graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,040 and $17,274 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 205 agriculture and agriculture operations graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,900 and $148,219 respectively.

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.

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.

One Size Does Not Fit All

The agriculture & agriculture operations school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois”.

We’ve created a tool called College Combat that lets you create your own customized comparisons based on the factors that matter the most to you. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.

Best Value Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois

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

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Agriculture & Agriculture Operations in Illinois

#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois list. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is located in Champaign, Illinois and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 199 doctorate’s agriculture and agriculture operations degrees to qualified students.

UIUC also took the #1 spot in our “Best Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign are $30,083, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Agriculture & Agriculture Operations at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

#2 in overall quality

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Illinois University Carbondale landed the #2 spot on the list. SIUC is located in Carbondale, Illinois and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 6 doctorate’s agriculture and agriculture operations degrees to qualified students.

SIUC also made our “Best Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list, coming in at #2. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at SIUC are $32,928.

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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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