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2023 Best Value General Agriculture Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

5 Colleges
$19,433 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$35,078 Avg Salary

Finding the Best General Agriculture Bachelor's Degree School for You

General Agriculture is the #159 most popular major in the country with 3,370 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value General Agriculture Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which bachelor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for agriculture students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.

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

2023 Best Value General Agriculture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Value General Agriculture Bachelor's Degree Colleges.

Best Great Lakes Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Bachelor's in General Agriculture

Our analysis found Western Illinois University to be the best value school for general agriculture students who want to pursue a bachelor’s degree in the Great Lakes Region . WIU is a moderately-sized public school located in the town of Macomb.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at WIU are $13,297 per year. While working on their Bachelor's Degree, agriculture majors at WIU accumulate an average of around $19,825 in student debt. For students who choose a 10-year repayment plan, the average monthly student loan payment is $204.

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The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at University of Wisconsin - River Falls helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value general agriculture schools in the Great Lakes Region . UW - River Falls is a medium-sized public school located in the town of River Falls.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UW - River Falls are $15,661 per year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, UW - River Falls also did well on our Best General Agriculture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Southern Illinois University Carbondale. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value General Agriculture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the city of Carbondale, SIUC is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at SIUC are $15,240 a year.

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Out of the 5 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Illinois State University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the suburb of Normal, Illinois State is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Illinois State undergraduate students pay an average of $24,172 in tuition and fees each year. After completing their Bachelor's Degree, agriculture graduates from Illinois State carry an average student debtload of $18,787. When it comes time to repay the loan, graduates who are on a 10-year repayment plan pay an average monthly payment of $383.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Illinois State also is in the top 15% of our Best General Agriculture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking.

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#5

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, IN

Out of the 5 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Purdue University - Main Campus landed the # 5 spot on the list. Purdue is a very large public school located in the city of West Lafayette.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Purdue are $28,794 per year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, Purdue also did well on our Best General Agriculture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. It’s in the top 5% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

Read full report on General Agriculture at Purdue University - Main Campus

Best General Agriculture Colleges by State

Explore the best general agriculture schools for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 3
Illinois 300
Indiana 98
Wisconsin 8

One of 16 majors within the area of study, general agriculture has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Agriculture

Related Major Annual Graduates
Veterinary/Animal Health Technologies/Technicians 8,646
Animal Science 8,294
Agricultural Economics & Business 8,098
Horticulture 3,234
Plant Sciences 3,175

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 5 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to W.carter.

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