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2023 Best Value General Agriculture Graduate Certificate Schools

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$23,820 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best General Agriculture Graduate Certificate School for You

In 2020-2021, 353 people earned a degree or certificate in general agriculture, making the major the #200 most popular in the United States.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value General Agriculture Graduate Certificate Schools to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in the United States to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best value experiences for agriculture students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

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.

2023 Best Value General Agriculture Graduate Certificate Schools in the United States

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for agriculture majors pursuing a graduate certificate.

Best Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in General Agriculture

Our analysis found California State Polytechnic University - Pomona to be the best value school for general agriculture students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the United States. Cal Poly Pomona is a very large public school located in the suburb of Pomona.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Cal Poly Pomona are $18,377 a year.

Full General Agriculture at California State Polytechnic University - Pomona Report

Out of the 2 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities landed the # 2 spot on the list. UMN Twin Cities is a very large public school located in the city of Minneapolis.

UMN Twin Cities graduate students pay an average of $29,262 in tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its great value ranking, UMN Twin Cities is in the top 15% of all schools on our Best General Agriculture Graduate Certificate Schools list.

Full General Agriculture at University of Minnesota - Twin Cities Report

General Agriculture by Region

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Region
Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Great Lakes

One of 14 majors within the area of study, general agriculture has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Agriculture

Related Major Annual Graduates
Plant Sciences 912
Food Science Technology 692
Animal Science 596
Agricultural Economics & Business 410
Agricultural Public Services 179

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 2 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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