by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Major in Delaware” ranking - to help you make that decision.
In 2020-2021, 49,899 people earned their degree in agriculture and agriculture operations, making the major the 21st most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, agriculture and agriculture operations graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $37,342 and had an average of $19,867 in loans still to pay off.
Across Delaware, there were 260 agriculture and agriculture operations graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,508 and $21,883 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 39 agriculture and agriculture operations graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,270 and $13,625 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Major in Delaware” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in agriculture and agriculture operations. That schools that top this list have a program in agriculture and agriculture operations in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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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 “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Major in Delaware”.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Major in Delaware”.
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Major in Delaware that were part of this year’s ranking, Delaware Technical Community College - Terry landed the #1 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Dover, Delaware, and it awarded 37 associates’s agriculture and agriculture operations degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Agriculture & Agriculture Operations at Delaware Technical Community College - Terry
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Major in Delaware that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Delaware landed the #2 spot on the list. University of Delaware is a large public school situated in Newark, Delaware. It awarded 2 associates’s agriculture and agriculture operations degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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