2026 Best Value Agronomy & Crop Science Schools in Virginia

[Agronomy & Crop Science](/majors/agriculture-ag-operations/plant-sciences/agronomy-and-crop-science/) degree programs vary widely in price and payoff across the country. The best values balance affordable tuition against strong post-graduation earnings.
To produce this 2026 ranking, College Factual evaluated 1 schools on the balance of cost and outcomes for agronomy & crop science students.
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2026 Best Value Agronomy & Crop Science Schools in Virginia
If you want to know which schools deliver the best value for the agronomy & crop science degrees they offer, see the list below.
Best Value Agronomy & Crop Science Schools
Virginia Polytechnic Institute And State University earned the #1 spot for value among agronomy & crop science schools in Virginia. Virginia Polytechnic Institute And State University is a very large public school located in the city of Blacksburg. The average in-state cost of tuition and fees is $15,948, with out-of-state students paying around $37,764. Typical student debt for agronomy & crop science graduates is $20,687. Early-career agronomy & crop science graduates make about $42,861. That is a strong return on a $20,687 median debt. Roughly 55% of applicants are accepted.
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Notes and References
This list is compiled 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 · 1 school 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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