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2023 Best Value Agricultural Production Schools

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

65 Colleges
$15,691 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$31,367 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Agricultural Production School for You

In 2020-2021, 3,066 people earned a degree or certificate in agricultural production, making the major the #192 most popular in the United States.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

The Best Value Agricultural Production Schools ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 65 schools in the United States to see which ones offered the best value programs for agricultural production students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Agricultural Production Schools in the United States

Check out the agricultural production programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Top 10 Best Agricultural Production Schools

$5,483 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture to be the best value school for agricultural production students who want to pursue a degree in the United States. Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture is a fairly small public school located in the remote area of Curtis.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture are $5,483 a year. Agricultural Production majors at Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture take out an average of $11,286 in student loans while working on their egree.

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#1

Ridgewater College

Willmar, MN

Our 2023 rankings named Ridgewater College the best value school in the United States for agricultural production students. Ridgewater College is a small public school located in the town of Willmar.

Ridgewater College undergraduate students pay an average of $5,914 in tuition and fees each year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, Ridgewater College also did well on our Best Agricultural Production Schools list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

Full Agricultural Production at Ridgewater College Report

$6,840 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Northeast Iowa Community College. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Agricultural Production Schools list. NICC is a small public school located in the rural area of Calmar.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at NICC are $6,840 per year. The average amount in student loans that agricultural production majors at NICC take out is $9,176.

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#3

Kirkwood Community College

Cedar Rapids, IA
$7,072 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Kirkwood Community College. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Agricultural Production Schools list. Located in the midsize city of Cedar Rapids, Kirkwood Community College is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Kirkwood Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $7,072 in tuition and fees each year. While working on their degree, agricultural production majors at Kirkwood Community College accumulate an average of around $11,000 in student debt.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Southwest Wisconsin Technical College. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Agricultural Production Schools list. Southwest Tech is a small public school located in the rural area of Fennimore.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Southwest Tech are $6,683 per year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, Southwest Tech also did well on our Best Agricultural Production Schools list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

Full Agricultural Production at Southwest Wisconsin Technical College Report

$5,010 Average Tuition & Fees

Northeast Community College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for agricultural production students. It came in at #6 on the list. Northeast is a moderately-sized public school located in the town of Norfolk.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Northeast are $5,010 a year.

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Mitchell Technical College landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value agricultural production programs. Located in the rural area of Mitchell, Mitchell Tech is a public school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Mitchell Tech are $7,524 a year. The average amount in student loans that agricultural production majors at Mitchell Tech take out is $12,000.

Mitchell Tech excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Agricultural Production Schools list.

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Fox Valley Technical College ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Agricultural Production Schools list. FVTC is a large public school located in the medium-sized suburb of Appleton.

FVTC undergraduate students pay an average of $6,861 in tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its great value ranking, FVTC is in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Agricultural Production Schools list.

Full Agricultural Production at Fox Valley Technical College Report

Chippewa Valley Technical College landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value agricultural production programs. Located in the city of Eau Claire, CVTC is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

CVTC undergraduate students pay an average of $6,683 in tuition and fees each year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, CVTC also did well on our Best Agricultural Production Schools list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

Full Agricultural Production at Chippewa Valley Technical College Report

#10

Ivy Tech Community College

Indianapolis, IN

With a ranking of #10, Ivy Tech Community College did quite well on this year’s best value schools for agricultural production students. Ivy Tech Community College is a very large public school located in the large city of Indianapolis.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Ivy Tech Community College are $8,927 per year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Ivy Tech Community College also is in the top 15% of our Best Agricultural Production Schools ranking.

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Honorable Mentions

Here are some additional great value schools for Agricultural Production students seeking value that almost earned our Best Value Agricultural Production Schools award.

Rank College Location
11 South Dakota State University Brookings, SD
12 North Dakota State University - Main Campus Fargo, ND
13 University of Minnesota - Crookston Crookston, MN

Agricultural Production by Region

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Region
Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Great Lakes

One of 16 majors within the area of study, agricultural production has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Veterinary/Animal Health Technologies/Technicians 8,646
Animal Science 8,294
Agricultural Economics & Business 8,098
General Agriculture 3,370
Horticulture 3,234

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 25 schools only.

  • 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 the rest 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).
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