Agricultural Production isn't the most popular bachelor's program in the world, but it's not the least popular either. To be more precise it ranks #181 in popularity out of 363 majors in the country. As such, the degree program isn't offered at every college in the United States, but there are schools that do have a program in the field that are top-notch when it comes to quality.
College Factual reviewed 2 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to determine which ones were the best for bachelor's degree seekers in the field of agricultural production. Combined, these schools handed out 47 bachelor's degrees in agricultural production to qualified students.
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Average Earnings
To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their bachelor's degree from the school. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their bachelor's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.
Other Factors We Consider
The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.
Major Focus - How much a school focuses on agricultural production students vs. other majors.
Major Demand - How many other agricultural production students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
Student Debt - How easy is it for agricultural production to pay back their student loans after receiving their bachelor's degree.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized agricultural production related body.
Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for agricultural production students working on their bachelor's degree.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Agricultural Production Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Every student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in agricultural production needs to check out Delaware Valley University. Located in the suburb of Doylestown, DelVal is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.
Soon after graduating, agricultural production bachelor's recipients typically earn about $28,814 at the beginning of their careers.
Morrisville State College is a good decision for students pursuing a bachelor's degree in agricultural production. Located in the rural area of Morrisville, Morrisville State College is a public college with a small student population.
After graduating, agricultural production bachelor's recipients generally earn around $30,771 in their early careers.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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).
