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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Agricultural Teacher Education in the Plains States Region

10 Ranked Colleges
195 Degrees Awarded
$16,000 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Agricultural Teacher Education Schools for a Bachelor's in the Plains States Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Agricultural Teacher Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 1,150 people earned their degree in agricultural teacher education, making the major the 411th most popular in the United States.

Across the Plains States region, there were 256 agricultural teacher education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 195 agricultural teacher education graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,786 and $25,576 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Agricultural Teacher Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region” ranking looked at 10 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in agricultural teacher education. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great agricultural teacher education programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the agricultural teacher education program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Agricultural Teacher Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Agricultural Teacher Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region.

Top 10 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Agricultural Teacher Education in the Plains States Region

#1

South Dakota State University

Brookings, South Dakota
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend South Dakota State University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Agricultural Teacher Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region. Brookings, South Dakota is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s agricultural teacher education degrees to 23 students in 2019-2020.

South Dakota State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Agricultural Teacher Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The yearly cost to attend South Dakota State is $19,252 for plains states region bachelor’s degree agricultural teacher education students.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full South Dakota State University Agricultural Teacher Education Report

#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend North Dakota State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Agricultural Teacher Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region. Fargo, North Dakota is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s agricultural teacher education degrees to 10 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our plains states region bachelor’s degree agricultural teacher education students list, North Dakota State University has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Agricultural Teacher Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend North Dakota State University is $16,584 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Agricultural Teacher Education students.

The low student loan default rate of 3.1% 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%.

Full North Dakota State University - Main Campus Agricultural Teacher Education Report

#8 in overall quality

Out of the 10 schools in the Best Value Agricultural Teacher Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Southwest Minnesota State University landed the #3 spot on the list. Southwest Minnesota State University is a public institution located in Marshall, Minnesota. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Southwest Minnesota State University also made our “Best Agricultural Teacher Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #8. It costs about $14,397 for plains states region bachelor’s degree agricultural teacher education students per year to attend Southwest Minnesota State University.

Full Southwest Minnesota State University Agricultural Teacher Education Report

#9 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northwest Missouri State University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Agricultural Teacher Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region. Northwest is a public institution located in Maryville, Missouri. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 11 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Northwest did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #9 on our “Best Agricultural Teacher Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Northwest is $12,354 for plains states region bachelor’s degree agricultural teacher education students.

Read full report on Agricultural Teacher Education at Northwest Missouri State University

#3 in overall quality

Out of the 10 schools in the Best Value Agricultural Teacher Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Iowa State University landed the #5 spot on the list. Iowa State is a large school located in Ames, Iowa that handed out 53 bachelors’s agricultural teacher education degrees in 2019-2020.

Iowa State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Agricultural Teacher Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Iowa State is $15,496 for plains states region bachelor’s degree agricultural teacher education students.

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 student loan default rate at the school is 3.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Agricultural Teacher Education at Iowa State

#6

Southeast Missouri State University

Cape Girardeau, Missouri
#10 in overall quality

Southeast Missouri State University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Agricultural Teacher Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region ranking, coming in at #6. This fairly large school is located in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s agricultural teacher education degrees in 2019-2020.

Southeast Missouri State University also took the #10 spot in our “Best Agricultural Teacher Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Southeast Missouri State University is $12,774 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Agricultural Teacher Education students.

Read more about Agricultural Teacher Education at Southeast Missouri State University

#1 in overall quality

With a ranking of #7, University of Nebraska - Lincoln did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Agricultural Teacher Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region list. Located in Lincoln, Nebraska, this large public school awarded 37 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s agricultural teacher education students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UNL, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Agricultural Teacher Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for UNL is $17,208 for plains states region bachelor’s degree agricultural teacher education students.

The low student loan default rate of 4.2% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.

Full University of Nebraska - Lincoln Agricultural Teacher Education Report

#8

Kansas State University

Manhattan, Kansas
#6 in overall quality

Kansas State University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Agricultural Teacher Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region ranking, coming in at #8. This large school is located in Manhattan, Kansas, and it awarded 25 bachelors’s agricultural teacher education degrees in 2019-2020.

K -State also took the #6 spot in our “Best Agricultural Teacher Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend K -State is $18,285 for plains states region bachelor’s degree agricultural teacher education students.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%.

Read more about Agricultural Teacher Education at Kansas State University

#7 in overall quality

University of Missouri - Columbia ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Agricultural Teacher Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region list. Columbia, Missouri is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s agricultural teacher education degrees to 16 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our plains states region bachelor’s degree agricultural teacher education students list, Mizzou has also earned the #7 rank in our “Best Agricultural Teacher Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of Missouri - Columbia is $16,001 for plains states region bachelor’s degree agricultural teacher education students.

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 low student loan default rate of 3.6% 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%.

Full University of Missouri - Columbia Agricultural Teacher Education Report

#10

University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

Minneapolis, Minnesota
#5 in overall quality

University of Minnesota - Twin Cities came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Agricultural Teacher Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region ranking. University of Minnesota - Twin Cities is a public institution located in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The school has a large population, and it awarded 6 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UMN Twin Cities also took the #5 spot in our “Best Agricultural Teacher Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. It costs about $17,740 for plains states region bachelor’s degree agricultural teacher education students per year to attend University of Minnesota - Twin Cities.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read full report on Agricultural Teacher Education at University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

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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

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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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