by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Major in Kentucky” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
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 Kentucky, there were 1,066 agriculture and agriculture operations graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,825 and $21,168 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 699 agriculture and agriculture operations graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,941 and $26,734 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Major in Kentucky” ranking, we looked at 10 colleges that offer a degree in agriculture and agriculture operations. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in agriculture and agriculture operations.
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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Major in Kentucky” list to help you make the college decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Major in Kentucky”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Murray State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Major in Kentucky list. This medium-sized school is located in Murray, Kentucky, and it awarded 240 bachelors’s agriculture and agriculture operations degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Agriculture & Agriculture Operations at Murray State University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Berea College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Major in Kentucky list. Berea College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Berea, Kentucky. It awarded 10 bachelors’s agriculture and agriculture operations degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Kentucky. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Major in Kentucky list. UK is a public institution located in Lexington, Kentucky. The school has a large population, and it awarded 253 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Agriculture & Agriculture Operations at UK
Out of the 10 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Major in Kentucky that were part of this year’s ranking, Morehead State University landed the #4 spot on the list. Morehead, Kentucky is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s agriculture and agriculture operations degrees to 80 students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Agriculture & Agriculture Operations at Morehead State University
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Asbury University. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Major in Kentucky. Asbury is a private not-for-profit institution located in Wilmore, Kentucky. The school has a small population, and it awarded 12 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Asbury University Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Report
Kentucky State University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Major in Kentucky ranking. KY State is a small public school situated in Frankfort, Kentucky. It awarded 4 bachelors’s agriculture and agriculture operations degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Kentucky State University Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Report
With a ranking of #7, Midway University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Major in Kentucky list. Midway University is located in Midway, Kentucky and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 6 bachelors’s agriculture and agriculture operations degrees to qualified students.
Read full report on Agriculture & Agriculture Operations at Midway
Western Kentucky University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Major in Kentucky ranking, coming in at #8. Western Kentucky University is located in Bowling Green, Kentucky and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 65 bachelors’s agriculture and agriculture operations degrees to qualified students.
Eastern Kentucky University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Major in Kentucky ranking, coming in at #9. Eastern Kentucky University is a public institution located in Richmond, Kentucky. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 28 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Eastern Kentucky University Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Report
Brescia University landed the #10 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Major in Kentucky ranking. Brescia University is located in Owensboro, Kentucky and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 bachelors’s agriculture and agriculture operations degrees to qualified students.
Full Brescia University Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Report
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