2023 Best Value Agriculture Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
Finding the Best Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Undergraduate Certificate 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 Undergraduate Certificate 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 10 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which ones offered the best value undergraduate certificate 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 Undergraduate Certificate Schools
Our 2023 rankings named Southwest Wisconsin Technical College the best value school in the Great Lakes Region for agriculture and agriculture operations students working on their undergraduate certificate. Located in the rural area of Fennimore, Southwest Tech is a public school with a small student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Southwest Tech are $6,683 a year.
Southwest Tech did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Agriculture Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Fox Valley Technical College. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Agriculture Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the suburb of Appleton, FVTC is a public school with a fairly large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at FVTC are $6,861 per year.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, FVTC also did well on our Best Agriculture Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Chippewa Valley Technical College is a great value for agriculture and agriculture operations students working on their undergraduate certificate. CVTC is a medium-sized public school located in the city of Eau Claire.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at CVTC are $6,683 a year.
CVTC also made our Best Agriculture Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list, coming in at #5.
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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means University of Northwestern Ohio is a great value for agriculture and agriculture operations students working on their undergraduate certificate. University of Northwestern Ohio is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Lima.
University of Northwestern Ohio undergraduate students pay an average of $11,619 in tuition and fees each year.
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The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at Ivy Tech Community College 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 . Located in the city of Indianapolis, Ivy Tech Community College is a public school with a fairly large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Ivy Tech Community College are $8,927 per year.
As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Ivy Tech Community College also is in the top 10% of our Best Agriculture Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking.
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Cincinnati State Technical and Community College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for agriculture and agriculture operations students to get a undergraduate certificate. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the city of Cincinnati, Cincinnati State is a public school with a medium-sized student population.
Cincinnati State undergraduate students pay an average of $9,090 in tuition and fees each year.
Cincinnati State also claimed a spot on our Best Agriculture Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools in this category.
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Owens Community College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for agriculture and agriculture operations students to get a undergraduate certificate. It came in at #7 on the list. Owens State Community College is a moderately-sized public school located in the suburb of Perrysburg.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Owens State Community College are $9,782 a year.
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Lake Land College came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Agriculture Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Located in the town of Mattoon, Lake Land College is a public college with a small student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Lake Land College are $13,906 a year.
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Ohio State University Agricultural Technical Institute landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value undergraduate certificate agriculture and agriculture operations programs. Ohio State University Agricultural Technical Institute is a fairly small public school located in the distant town of Wooster.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Ohio State University Agricultural Technical Institute are $31,689 per year.
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With a ranking of #10, Michigan State University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for agriculture and agriculture operations students working on their undergraduate certificate. Michigan State is a very large public school located in the city of East Lansing.
Michigan State undergraduate students pay an average of $41,290 in tuition and fees each year.
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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 |
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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 |
Most Popular Majors Related 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 10 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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