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2023 Best Value Agriculture Schools in Montana

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

1 College
$7,528 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$36,074 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Agriculture & Agriculture Operations School for You

With 184 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, agriculture and agriculture operations is the #14 most popular major in Montana.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one 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 Value Agriculture Schools in Montana ranking.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.

For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

The following school tops our list of the Best Value Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Colleges.

Best Agriculture & Agriculture Operations School

$7,528 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Montana State University to be the best value school for agriculture and agriculture operations students who want to pursue a degree in Montana. Located in the remote town of Bozeman, MSU Bozeman is a public college with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at MSU Bozeman are $7,528 a year. The average amount in student loans that agriculture and agriculture operations majors at MSU Bozeman take out is $20,445.

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Best Value Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Colleges in the Rocky Mountains Region

Explore all the Best Value Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Schools in the Rocky Mountains Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Colorado 894
Utah 424
Idaho 324
Wyoming 344

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 values are for the top school 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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