2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Minnesota for Agriculture & Agriculture Operations
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Ranked Colleges
869
Degrees Awarded
$24,700
Avg Cost*
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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 Minnesota, there were 869 agriculture and agriculture operations graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,459 and $18,572 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Minnesota for Agriculture & Agriculture Operations” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in agriculture and agriculture operations. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality agriculture and agriculture operations programs as well as strong veteran support.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the agriculture and agriculture operations program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Most Veteran Friendly in Minnesota for Agriculture & Agriculture Operations
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Minnesota for Agriculture & Agriculture Operations”.
Top 3 Best Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Colleges for Veterans in Minnesota
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Minnesota for Agriculture & Agriculture Operations list. Located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, this large public school handed out 419 diplomas to qualified ’s agriculture and agriculture operations students in 2020-2021.
UMN Twin Cities did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] on our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” list.Among the 52,017 students enrolled at UMN Twin Cities, 752 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 436 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $13,020. To help with additional expenses, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. UMN Twin Cities does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]% 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 veteran student life at UMN Twin Cities]](/colleges/university-of-minnesota-twin-cities/student-life/veterans/)
Out of the 3 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Minnesota for Agriculture & Agriculture Operations that were part of this year’s ranking, Ridgewater College landed the #2 spot on the list. Willmar, Minnesota is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s agriculture and agriculture operations degrees to 109 students in 2020-2021.
Ridgewater College also made our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” list, coming in at #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS].Of the 3,176 students enrolled at Ridgewater College, 38 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 25 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $2,506. To help with additional expenses, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Ridgewater College does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
Full Ridgewater College Veteran Student Life Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Minnesota - Crookston. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Minnesota for Agriculture & Agriculture Operations list. This small school is located in Crookston, Minnesota, and it awarded 56 ’s agriculture and agriculture operations degrees in 2020-2021.
UMN Crookston also made our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” list, coming in at #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS].Our most recent data shows that 65 of the 2,530 students enrolled at University of Minnesota - Crookston were GI Bill® students, of which 29 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $5,970. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. University of Minnesota - Crookston does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
[Read full report on veteran student life at UMN Crookston]](/colleges/university-of-minnesota-crookston/student-life/veterans/)
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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).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- 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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- 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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