2023 Best Value Agriculture Schools in Minnesota
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
Finding the Best Agriculture & Agriculture Operations School for You
Agriculture & Agriculture Operations is the #22 most popular major in Minnesota with 657 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.
With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best 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.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Agriculture Schools in Minnesota to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in Minnesota to see which programs offered the best value experiences for agriculture and agriculture operations students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.
Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.
In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.
Best Minnesota Schools for Affordable Quality in Agriculture
Our 2023 rankings named Ridgewater College the best value school in Minnesota for agriculture and agriculture operations students. Located in the town of Willmar, Ridgewater College is a public school with a small student population.
Ridgewater College undergraduate students pay an average of $5,914 in in-state tuition and fees each year. While working on their degree, agriculture and agriculture operations majors at Ridgewater College accumulate an average of around $12,000 in student debt.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Minnesota - Crookston. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Agriculture Schools in Minnesota list. UMN Crookston is a small public school located in the town of Crookston.
UMN Crookston undergraduate students pay an average of $12,514 in in-state tuition and fees each year. While working on their degree, agriculture and agriculture operations majors at UMN Crookston accumulate an average of around $19,771 in student debt.
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Out of the 4 schools in Minnesota that were part of this year’s ranking, Southwest Minnesota State University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Southwest Minnesota State University is a moderately-sized public school located in the town of Marshall.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Southwest Minnesota State University are $9,482 per year.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Agriculture Schools in Minnesota list. UMN Twin Cities is a fairly large public school located in the city of Minneapolis.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UMN Twin Cities are $15,254 per year. On average, agriculture and agriculture operations graduates from UMN Twin Cities take out $19,616 in student loans while working on their degree. The average monthly payment of a loan this size is about $260, assuming that the borrower is on a 10-year repayment plan.
UMN Twin Cities excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Agriculture Schools in Minnesota list.
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| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Kansas | 1,085 |
| Iowa | 1,469 |
| South Dakota | 595 |
| Missouri | 1,091 |
| Nebraska | 847 |
| North Dakota | 370 |
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Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Related Majors for Agriculture & Agriculture Operations
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 |
Majors Similar to Agriculture & Agriculture Operations
| 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 4 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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