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2022 Best Value Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region

6 Ranked Colleges
472 Degrees Awarded
$32,300 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Schools for a Master's in the Great Lakes Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 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 master’s degree level specifically, there were 472 agriculture and agriculture operations graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,039 and $42,488 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region” ranking analyzed 6 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region master’s degree agriculture & agriculture operations students.

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

#3 in overall quality

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 Master’s in the Great Lakes Region. Located in Madison, Wisconsin, this large public school handed out 33 diplomas to qualified masters’s agriculture and agriculture operations students in 2019-2020.

UW - Madison did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UW - Madison are $25,523, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Agriculture & Agriculture Operations at UW - Madison

#2

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, Indiana
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Purdue University - Main Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region list. Purdue is located in West Lafayette, Indiana and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 94 masters’s agriculture and agriculture operations degrees to qualified students.

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

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#4 in overall quality

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 #3 for the Best Value Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region. Located in Champaign, Illinois, this large public school handed out 106 degrees to qualified masters’s agriculture and agriculture operations students in 2019-2020.

UIUC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UIUC are $30,083, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full UIUC Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Report

#4

Michigan State University

East Lansing, Michigan
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Michigan State University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region list. Michigan State University is located in East Lansing, Michigan and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 79 masters’s agriculture and agriculture operations degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our great lakes region master’s degree agriculture & agriculture operations students list, Michigan State has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Michigan State University are $37,056.

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

#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ohio State University - Main Campus. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region list. Ohio State University - Main Campus is a public institution located in Columbus, Ohio. The school has a large population, and it awarded 82 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our great lakes region master’s degree agriculture & agriculture operations students list, Ohio State has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Master’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.

Full Ohio State Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Report

#6 in overall quality

Southern Illinois University Carbondale came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Carbondale, Illinois is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s agriculture and agriculture operations degrees to 18 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our great lakes region master’s degree agriculture & agriculture operations students list, SIUC has also earned the #6 rank in our “Best Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at SIUC are $32,928, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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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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