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2023 Best Value General Agriculture Master's Degree Schools

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

28 Colleges
$17,099 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$54,281 Avg Salary

Finding the Best General Agriculture Master'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.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

The Best Value General Agriculture Master's Degree Schools ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 28 schools in the United States to see which ones offered the best value master's degree programs for agriculture 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 General Agriculture Master’s Degree Schools in the United States

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for agriculture majors pursuing a master's degree.

Top 10 Best General Agriculture Master's Degree Schools

Our 2023 rankings named Northwest Missouri State University the best value school in the United States for general agriculture students working on their master’s degree. Northwest is a moderately-sized public school located in the town of Maryville.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Northwest are $7,064 per year.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Illinois State University is a great value for general agriculture students working on their master’s degree. Located in the suburb of Normal, Illinois State is a public school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Illinois State are $11,773 a year.

Illinois State excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best General Agriculture Master’s Degree Schools list.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Nebraska - Lincoln. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value General Agriculture Master’s Degree Schools list. Located in the large city of Lincoln, UNL is a public school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UNL are $19,541 a year.

In addition to its great value ranking, UNL is in the top 10% of all schools on our Best General Agriculture Master’s Degree Schools list.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo is a great value for general agriculture students working on their master’s degree. Cal Poly San Luis Obispo is a very large public school located in the suburb of San Luis Obispo.

Cal Poly San Luis Obispo graduate students pay an average of $21,133 in tuition and fees each year.

Cal Poly San Luis Obispo excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 10% of all schools on our Best General Agriculture Master’s Degree Schools list.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Sam Houston State University is a great value for general agriculture students working on their master’s degree. SHSU is a very large public school located in the distant town of Huntsville.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at SHSU are $16,009 a year.

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West Texas A&M University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value General Agriculture Master’s Degree Schools list. West Texas A&M University is a moderately-sized public school located in the fringe town of Canyon.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at West Texas A&M University are $8,574 per year.

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#7

Angelo State University

San Angelo, TX

Angelo State University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value General Agriculture Master’s Degree Schools ranking. Angelo State is a fairly large public school located in the city of San Angelo.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Angelo State are $14,590 per year.

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California State University - Fresno ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value General Agriculture Master’s Degree Schools list. Located in the city of Fresno, Fresno State is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Fresno State graduate students pay an average of $17,591 in tuition and fees each year.

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Washington State University ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value General Agriculture Master’s Degree Schools list. Wazzu is a fairly large public school located in the town of Pullman.

Wazzu graduate students pay an average of $28,190 in tuition and fees each year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Wazzu also is in the top 20% of our Best General Agriculture Master’s Degree Schools ranking.

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#10

Texas State University

San Marcos, TX

With a ranking of #10, Texas State University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for general agriculture students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of San Marcos, Texas State is a public school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Texas State are $17,220 a year.

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General Agriculture 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, general agriculture 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
Horticulture 3,234
Plant Sciences 3,175

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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