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 a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Major in Illinois” 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 Illinois, there were 2,214 agriculture and agriculture operations graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,410 and $17,900 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 892 agriculture and agriculture operations graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,117 and $25,584 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Major in Illinois” ranking, we looked at 8 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 colleges and universities below are the best for illinois bachelor’s degree agriculture & agriculture operations students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Illinois College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Major in Illinois list. Jacksonville, Illinois is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s agriculture and agriculture operations degrees to 13 students in 2020-2021.
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Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Major in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign landed the #2 spot on the list. UIUC is a large public school situated in Champaign, Illinois. It awarded 540 bachelors’s agriculture and agriculture operations degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.3% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Full University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Western Illinois University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Major in Illinois. This medium-sized school is located in Macomb, Illinois, and it awarded 75 bachelors’s agriculture and agriculture operations degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Illinois State University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Major in Illinois list. Illinois State is a public institution located in Normal, Illinois. The school has a large population, and it awarded 172 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.6% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern Illinois University Carbondale. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Major in Illinois list. Located in Carbondale, Illinois, this fairly large public school handed out 89 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s agriculture and agriculture operations students in 2020-2021.
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Greenville University ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Major in Illinois list. Greenville is located in Greenville, Illinois and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 3 bachelors’s agriculture and agriculture operations degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Full Greenville University Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Report
Quincy University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Major in Illinois ranking. Quincy University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Quincy, Illinois. The school has a small population, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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Eureka College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Major in Illinois ranking, coming in at #7. Located in Eureka, Illinois, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 0 degrees to qualified bachelors’s agriculture and agriculture operations students in 2020-2021.
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