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. 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 Master’s Highly Focused on Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Major in Delaware” 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 Delaware, there were 260 agriculture and agriculture operations graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,508 and $21,883 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 11 agriculture and agriculture operations graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,559 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s 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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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 Master’s Highly Focused on Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Major in Delaware” list to help you make the college decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Major in Delaware”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Delaware State University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Major in Delaware. Located in Dover, Delaware, this medium-sized public school handed out 4 degrees to qualified masters’s agriculture and agriculture operations students in 2020-2021.
Read more about Agriculture & Agriculture Operations at Delaware State University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Delaware. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Major in Delaware list. Located in Newark, Delaware, this large public school handed out 7 degrees to qualified masters’s agriculture and agriculture operations students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.1% 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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