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2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Agriculture & Agriculture Operations in the New England Region

6 Ranked Colleges
71 Degrees Awarded
$24,071 Avg Salary
Schools for a Master's Highly Focused on Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Major in the New England Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Major in the New England Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Agriculture & Agriculture Operations is the 21st most popular major in the country with 49,899 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. 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 the New England region, there were 1,310 agriculture and agriculture operations graduates with average earnings and debt of $28,489 and $23,329 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 71 agriculture and agriculture operations graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,899 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Major in the New England Region” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in agriculture and agriculture operations. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their agriculture and agriculture operations program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Major in the New England Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Major in the New England Region”.

Top 6 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Agriculture & Agriculture Operations in the New England Region

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University of Maine
Orono, Maine

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Maine. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Major in the New England Region list. UMaine is a public institution located in Orono, Maine. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 16 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.0% 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%.

Full University of Maine Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Report

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University of Vermont
Burlington, Vermont

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Vermont. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Major in the New England Region. University of Vermont is a fairly large school located in Burlington, Vermont that handed out 7 masters’s agriculture and agriculture operations degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.7% 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 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Read full report on Agriculture & Agriculture Operations at UVM

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University of Massachusetts Amherst
Amherst, Massachusetts

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Massachusetts Amherst. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Major in the New England Region. UMass Amherst is a large public school situated in Amherst, Massachusetts. It awarded 16 masters’s agriculture and agriculture operations degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full University of Massachusetts Amherst Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Report

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University of Connecticut
Storrs, Connecticut

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Connecticut. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Major in the New England Region. UCONN is a large school located in Storrs, Connecticut that handed out 15 masters’s agriculture and agriculture operations degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Agriculture & Agriculture Operations at University of Connecticut

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Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Major in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of New Hampshire - Main Campus landed the #5 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Durham, New Hampshire, and it awarded 3 masters’s agriculture and agriculture operations degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full University of New Hampshire - Main Campus Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Report

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University of Rhode Island
Kingston, Rhode Island

University of Rhode Island came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Major in the New England Region ranking. University of Rhode Island is located in Kingston, Rhode Island and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 109 masters’s agriculture and agriculture operations degrees to qualified students.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.3% 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%.

Full URI Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Report

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