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2023 Best Agriculture Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region

6 Colleges
$33,711 Avg Salary
$12,981 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Associate Degree School for You

Agriculture & Agriculture Operations is the #21 most popular major in the country with 49,899 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Agriculture Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region ranking. This report analyzed 6 schools in the New England Region to see which ones offered the best associate degree programs for students. To come up with a school's ranking, we analyzed numerous factors related to post-graduation wages, the quality of education offered by the school, average accumulated student debt, and more.

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2023 Best Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Associate Degree Colleges.

Top New England Region Schools for an Associate in Agriculture

Our 2023 rankings named North Shore Community College the best school in the New England Region for agriculture and agriculture operations students working on their associate degree. North Shore Community College is a small public school located in the large suburb of Danvers.

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Out of the 6 schools in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Connecticut landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the suburb of Storrs, UCONN is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Massachusetts Amherst. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Agriculture Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the large suburb of Amherst, UMass Amherst is a public college with a very large student population.

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Out of the 6 schools in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of New Hampshire - Main Campus landed the # 4 spot on the list. UNH is a fairly large public school located in the small suburb of Durham.

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Out of the 6 schools in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Johnson & Wales University - Providence landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the city of Providence, JWU Providence is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.

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#6

Southern Maine Community College

South Portland, ME

Southern Maine Community College landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best associate degree agriculture and agriculture operations programs. SMCC is a moderately-sized public school located in the small city of South Portland.

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Best Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Colleges by State

Explore the best agriculture and agriculture operations colleges for a specific state in the New England region.

State Degrees Awarded
New Hampshire 109
Maine 133
Rhode Island 141
Massachusetts 455
Connecticut 248
Vermont 153

Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Majors to Study

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
Plant Sciences 3,175
Agricultural Production 3,066
Food Science Technology 2,532
Agricultural Mechanization 1,280
Animal Services 990
Agricultural Public Services 845
Other Agriculture 602
Agriculture/Veterinary Preparatory Programs 527
Soil Sciences 406
Food Processing 237
International Agriculture 122
Veterinary Administrative Services 118

Related Major Annual Graduates
Computer & Information Sciences 254,454
Engineering 198,468
Biological & Biomedical Sciences 177,778
Engineering Technologies 85,188
Mathematics & Statistics 52,396

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 6 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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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