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2023 Best Value Agricultural Production Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$6,079 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$29,732 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Agricultural Production Undergraduate Certificate School for You

Agricultural Production is the #192 most popular major in the country with 3,066 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. 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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Agricultural Production Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. This report analyzed 3 schools in the Plains States Region to see which ones offered the best value undergraduate certificate programs for agricultural production students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Agricultural Production Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Agricultural Production Undergraduate Certificate Colleges.

Best Plains States Region Schools for Affordable Quality for an Award Taking 1 to 4 Years in Agricultural Production

#1

Ridgewater College

Willmar, MN

Our 2023 rankings named Ridgewater College the best value school in the Plains States Region for agricultural production students working on their undergraduate certificate. Ridgewater College is a small public school located in the remote 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 Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value agricultural production schools in the Plains States Region . 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.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northeast Iowa Community College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Agricultural Production Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list. NICC is a small public school located in the rural area of Calmar.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at NICC are $6,840 a year. The average amount in student loans that agricultural production majors at NICC take out while working on their Undergraduate Certificate is $8,337.

Read full report on Agricultural Production at Northeast Iowa Community College

Best Agricultural Production Colleges by State

Explore the best agricultural production schools for a specific state in the Plains States region.

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 10
Minnesota 20
Kansas 28
Iowa 140
Nebraska 35
North Dakota 50
South Dakota 33

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 3 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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