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

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

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

14 Colleges
$24,578 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$36,788 Avg Salary

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.

The Best Value Agriculture Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 14 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which ones offered the best value bachelor's degree programs for agriculture and agriculture operations students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

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

Our 2023 rankings named Western Illinois University the best value school in the Great Lakes Region for agriculture and agriculture operations students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the town of Macomb, WIU is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at WIU are $13,297 per year.

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Out of the 14 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Wisconsin - River Falls landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the distant town of River Falls, UW - River Falls is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UW - River Falls are $15,661 per year.

UW - River Falls also claimed a spot on our Best Agriculture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools in this category.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of Northwestern Ohio is a great value for agriculture and agriculture operations students working on their bachelor’s degree. University of Northwestern Ohio is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Lima.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at University of Northwestern Ohio are $11,619 a year.

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The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at University of Wisconsin - Platteville helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value agriculture and agriculture operations schools in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the town of Platteville, UW - Platteville is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

UW - Platteville undergraduate students pay an average of $16,483 in tuition and fees each year.

UW - Platteville also claimed a spot on our Best Agriculture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools in this category.

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The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value agriculture and agriculture operations schools in the Great Lakes Region . UW - Stevens Point is a medium-sized public school located in the town of Stevens Point.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UW - Stevens Point are $17,035 per year.

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Illinois State University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Agriculture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Illinois State is a very large public school located in the suburb of Normal.

Illinois State undergraduate students pay an average of $24,172 in tuition and fees each year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, Illinois State also did well on our Best Agriculture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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Southern Illinois University Carbondale came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Agriculture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. SIUC is a large public school located in the city of Carbondale.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at SIUC are $15,240 a year.

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Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, IN

Purdue University - Main Campus ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Agriculture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the small city of West Lafayette, Purdue is a public college with a very large student population.

Purdue undergraduate students pay an average of $28,794 in tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its great value ranking, Purdue is in the top 5% of all schools on our Best Agriculture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.

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University of Wisconsin - Madison ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Agriculture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the city of Madison, UW - Madison is a public college with a very large student population.

UW - Madison undergraduate students pay an average of $38,608 in tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, UW - Madison is ranked #5 for overall quality for agriculture and agriculture operations in the Great Lakes Region .

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Ohio State University - Main Campus landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value bachelor’s degree agriculture and agriculture operations programs. Located in the city of Columbus, Ohio State is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Ohio State undergraduate students pay an average of $35,019 in tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its great value ranking, Ohio State is in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Agriculture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.

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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.

  • 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to W.carter.

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