2023 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Agriculture & Agriculture Operations in North Dakota

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Major in North Dakota” ranking as one item you can use to help make this 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 North Dakota, there were 370 agriculture and agriculture operations graduates with average earnings and debt of $43,006 and $16,866 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 220 agriculture and agriculture operations graduates with average earnings and debt of $45,120 and $27,473 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Major in North Dakota” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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.

See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Major in North Dakota

The colleges and universities below are the best for north dakota bachelor’s degree agriculture & agriculture operations students.

Top 3 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Agriculture & Agriculture Operations in North Dakota

1

Dickinson State University
Dickinson, North Dakota

#9 overall quality in North Dakota

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Dickinson State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Major in North Dakota list. This small school is located in Dickinson, North Dakota, and it awarded 20 bachelors’s agriculture and agriculture operations degrees in 2020-2021.

Full DSU Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Report

2

North Dakota State University - Main Campus
Fargo, North Dakota

#1 overall quality in North Dakota

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend North Dakota State University - Main Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Major in North Dakota list. North Dakota State University - Main Campus is a public institution located in Fargo, North Dakota. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 200 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.6% 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%.

Read full report on Agriculture & Agriculture Operations at North Dakota State University

3

Mayville State University
Mayville, North Dakota

#11 overall quality in North Dakota

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Mayville State University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Major in North Dakota. This small school is located in Mayville, North Dakota, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s agriculture and agriculture operations degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Mayville State University 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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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