2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Agriculture & Agriculture Operations in Illinois

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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.

For this year’s “Best Value Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Schools for a Master’s in Illinois” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer 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 Master’s in Illinois

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

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

#1

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Champaign, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$30,083 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

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 Master’s in Illinois list. UIUC is a public institution located in Champaign, Illinois. The school has a large population, and it awarded 106 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

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

Read full report on Agriculture & Agriculture Operations at UIUC

#2

Southern Illinois University Carbondale

Carbondale, Illinois

#2 in overall quality

$32,928 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern Illinois University Carbondale. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Schools for a Master’s in Illinois list. Southern Illinois University Carbondale 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 took the #2 spot in our “Best Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Southern Illinois University Carbondale are $32,928, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Southern Illinois University Carbondale Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Report

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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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