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2023 Best Value Agriculture Schools in North Carolina

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

1 College
$9,131 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$36,360 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Agriculture & Agriculture Operations School for You

With 239 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, agriculture and agriculture operations is the #21 most popular major in North Carolina.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Value Agriculture Schools in North Carolina ranking.

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.

Check out the agriculture and agriculture operations programs at this school if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Agriculture & Agriculture Operations School

Our analysis found North Carolina State University to be the best value school for agriculture and agriculture operations students who want to pursue a degree in North Carolina. Located in the large city of Raleigh, NC State is a public college with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at NC State are $9,131 per year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, NC State is ranked #4 for overall quality for agriculture and agriculture operations in North Carolina.

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Best Value Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Value Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Mississippi 143
Florida 472
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 values are for the top school 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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