2023 Best Value General Agriculture Schools in Virginia
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best General Agriculture School for You
In 2020-2021, 75 degrees and certificates were awarded to general agriculture students who went to a Virginia college or university. This makes it the #150 most popular major in the state.
Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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 General Agriculture Schools in Virginia ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Virginia to see which 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.
Best Virginia Schools for Affordable Quality in General Agriculture
Our 2023 rankings named Virginia Tech the best value school in Virginia for general agriculture students. Located in the city of Blacksburg, Virginia Tech is a public college with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Virginia Tech are $14,174 a year. Agriculture majors at Virginia Tech take out an average of $21,500 in student loans while working on their egree.
Virginia Tech did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best General Agriculture Schools in Virginia list.
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The excellent programs at Virginia State University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best general agriculture schools in Virginia. Located in the suburb of Petersburg, Virginia State is a public college with a small student population.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Virginia State are $9,154 per year. On average, agriculture graduates from Virginia State take out $31,000 in student loans while working on their degree.
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Request InformationBest Value General Agriculture Colleges in the Southeast Region
Explore all the Best Value General Agriculture Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.
State | Degrees Awarded |
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Georgia | 17 |
North Carolina | 86 |
Florida | 68 |
Tennessee | 283 |
Kentucky | 86 |
Louisiana | 78 |
Arkansas | 25 |
Alabama | 30 |
Mississippi | 35 |
West Virginia | 22 |
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Majors Related to Agriculture
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 |
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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 2 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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