The main focus area for this major is Agriculture. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
General Agriculture is a major offered under the agriculture and agriculture operations program of study at North Carolina State University. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the associate degree program in agriculture, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, whether or not the degree is offered online, and more.
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In 2019-2020, the average part-time undergraduate tuition at NC State was $888 per credit hour for out-of-state students. The average for in-state students was $218 per credit hour. The average full-time tuition and fees for undergraduates are shown in the table below.
In State | Out of State | |
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Tuition | $6,535 | $26,654 |
Fees | $2,566 | $2,566 |
Books and Supplies | $1,082 | $1,082 |
On Campus Room and Board | $11,602 | $11,602 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $2,770 | $2,770 |
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One factor in determining the overall cost in a degree is to consider how much in student loans you’ll have to take out. Agriculture students who received their associate degree at NC State took out an average of $14,250 in student loans. That is 33% higher than the national average of $10,697.
NC State does not offer an online option for its agriculture associate degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the NC State Online Learning page.
About 26.1% of the students who received their AS in agriculture in 2019-2020 were women. This is less than the nationwide number of 53.0%.
Of those graduates who received an associate degree in agriculture at NC State in 2019-2020, 4.3% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 16%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 0 |
Black or African American | 1 |
Hispanic or Latino | 0 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 20 |
International Students | 0 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 2 |
General Agriculture students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
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Agriculture | 23 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to general agriculture.
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Agricultural Economics & Business | 56 |
Agricultural Production | 52 |
Horticulture | 34 |
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
More about our data sources and methodologies.