2023 Best Value General Agriculture Undergraduate Certificate Schools
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best General Agriculture Undergraduate Certificate 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.
To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value General Agriculture Undergraduate Certificate Schools ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in the United States to see which ones offered the best value undergraduate certificate 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.
Best Schools for Affordable Quality for an Award Taking 1 to 4 Years in General Agriculture
Our analysis found Ivy Tech Community College to be the best value school for general agriculture students who want to pursue a undergraduate certificate in the United States. Ivy Tech Community College is a fairly large public school located in the city of Indianapolis.
Ivy Tech Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $8,927 in tuition and fees each year.
Ivy Tech Community College also claimed a spot on our Best General Agriculture Undergraduate Certificate Schools list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools in this category.
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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of Maryland - College Park is a great value for general agriculture students working on their undergraduate certificate. Located in the suburb of College Park, UMCP is a public college with a very large student population.
UMCP undergraduate students pay an average of $38,638 in tuition and fees each year.
UMCP also claimed a spot on our Best General Agriculture Undergraduate Certificate Schools list. It’s in the top 5% of all schools in this category.
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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.
Most Popular Related Majors
| 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 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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