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2023 Best Value Agriculture Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

4 Colleges
$25,457 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Graduate Certificate School for You

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, agriculture and agriculture operations was ranked #21 in the country. In fact 7,531 degrees and certificates were handed out 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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Value Agriculture Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. This report analyzed 4 schools in the Southeast Region to see which ones offered the best value graduate 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.

2023 Best Value Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region

Check out the agriculture and agriculture operations graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Southeast Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Agriculture

Our 2023 rankings named North Carolina State University the best value school in the Southeast Region for agriculture and agriculture operations students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large city of Raleigh, NC State is a public college with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at NC State are $29,690 per year.

In addition to its great value ranking, NC State is in the top 5% of all schools on our Best Agriculture Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list.

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Out of the 4 schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Murray State University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Murray State is a medium-sized public school located in the remote town of Murray.

Murray State graduate students pay an average of $14,544 in tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Agriculture & Agriculture Operations at Murray State University

#3

University of Georgia

Athens, GA

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of Georgia is a great value for agriculture and agriculture operations students working on their graduate certificate. UGA is a fairly large public school located in the city of Athens.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UGA are $27,464 a year.

UGA excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Agriculture Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list.

Full Agriculture & Agriculture Operations at University of Georgia Report

#4

University of Florida

Gainesville, FL

The excellent graduate certificate programs at University of Florida helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value agriculture and agriculture operations schools in the Southeast Region . Located in the midsize city of Gainesville, UF is a public school with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UF are $30,130 per year.

UF excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Agriculture Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list.

Read full report on Agriculture & Agriculture Operations at University of Florida

Best Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Colleges by State

Explore the best agriculture and agriculture operations colleges for a specific state in the Southeast region.

State Degrees Awarded
Mississippi 143
Florida 472
North Carolina 239
Virginia 206
Tennessee 342
Georgia 293
South Carolina 43
Louisiana 130
West Virginia 29
Kentucky 123
Arkansas 104
Alabama 295

Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Plant Sciences 912
Food Science Technology 692
Animal Science 596
Agricultural Economics & Business 410
General Agriculture 353
Agricultural Public Services 179
Agricultural Production 163
Soil Sciences 158
Other Agriculture 104
International Agriculture 46
Horticulture 15
Animal Services 8
Food Processing 2

Related Major Annual Graduates
Engineering 61,791
Computer & Information Sciences 60,971
Biological & Biomedical Sciences 28,851
Mathematics & Statistics 15,127
Physical Sciences 12,705

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 4 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to W.carter.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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