2026 Best Value Agricultural Business & Management Schools in the Great Lakes Region
[Agricultural Business & Management](/majors/agriculture-ag-operations/agricultural-economics-business/agricultural-business-and-management-other/) is a field worth comparing on the balance of cost and outcomes. The best values balance affordable tuition against strong post-graduation earnings.
For its 2026 best-value ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools to find the best return on investment for agricultural business & management students.
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2026 Best Value Agricultural Business & Management Schools in the Great Lakes Region
If you want to know which schools deliver the best value for the agricultural business & management degrees they offer, see the list below.
Best Value Agricultural Business & Management Schools
Ohio State University Agricultural Technical Institute earned the #1 spot for value among agricultural business & management schools in the Great Lakes Region. Ohio State University Agricultural Technical Institute is a small public school located in the town of Wooster. Students from in state pay about $9,584 in tuition and fees, with out-of-state students paying around $36,362. Typical student debt for agricultural business & management graduates is $12,000. Early-career agricultural business & management graduates make about $34,747. Set against $12,000 in median debt, that is a healthy payoff.
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Notes and References
This ranking is produced by College Factual (MF_RANKING_2025), 2026 edition. Schools are scored on the balance of cost (tuition and student debt) against student outcomes (post-graduation earnings) — a measure of return on investment, drawn primarily from the U.S. Department of Education (IPEDS and College Scorecard).
Ranking method: College Major Best Value · 3 schools evaluated.
*Averages shown above reflect the top 1 ranked 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 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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