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$40K for mucking out pigs and harvesting corn: The farm schools cashing in on college applications

UK · 2026-10-03

Key takeaway

Parents are increasingly sending children to farm schools like Vermont's Mountain School and Olney Friends School, hoping hands-on agricultural experience will strengthen college applications.

  1. Step 1 · The triggerparents increasingly enrol children in farm schools to strengthen college applications, raising demand for schools like Mountain School and Olney Friends School
  2. Step 2 · Knock-onhigher enrolment supports tuition revenue and financial sustainability at these niche farm schools
  3. Step 3 · Reaches yougrowing preference for experiential agricultural education shifts demand away from traditional college-prep offerings toward farm-school models

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Source: independent.co.uk

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