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

14 Colleges
$36,788 Avg Salary
$21,395 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Bachelor's 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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Agriculture Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. This report analyzed 14 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which ones offered the best bachelor's 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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Check out the agriculture and agriculture operations bachelor's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best education that money can buy.

Top 10 Best Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Bachelor's Degree Schools

Our analysis found University of Wisconsin - Madison to be the best school for agriculture and agriculture operations students who want to pursue a bachelor’s degree in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the large city of Madison, UW - Madison is a public college with a very large student population.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wisconsin - River Falls. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Agriculture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the town of River Falls, UW - River Falls is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

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The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at Illinois State University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best agriculture and agriculture operations schools in the Great Lakes Region . Illinois State is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized suburb of Normal.

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#4

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, IN

The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at Purdue University - Main Campus helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best agriculture and agriculture operations schools in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the small city of West Lafayette, Purdue is a public college with a very large student population.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means University of Wisconsin - Platteville is a great place for agriculture and agriculture operations students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the distant town of Platteville, UW - Platteville is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

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Ohio State University - Main Campus came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Agriculture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Located in the city of Columbus, Ohio State is a public college with a very large student population.

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The University of Findlay came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Agriculture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Findlay is a small private not-for-profit school located in the town of Findlay.

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Western Illinois University landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best bachelor’s degree agriculture and agriculture operations programs. Located in the remote town of Macomb, WIU is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

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#9

Michigan State University

East Lansing, MI

Michigan State University ranked #9 on this year’s Best Agriculture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Michigan State is a very large public school located in the small city of East Lansing.

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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for agriculture and agriculture operations students to get a bachelor’s degree. It came in at #10 on the list. Located in the small city of Champaign, UIUC is a public school with a very large student population.

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Best Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Colleges by State

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

State Degrees Awarded
Indiana 932
Michigan 673
Ohio 1,445
Illinois 1,803
Wisconsin 1,081

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 14 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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