If you plan on majoring in agriculture, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #202 in the country in terms of popularity. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
College Factual reviewed 3 schools in Illinois to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of agriculture. Combined, these schools handed out 312 degrees in agriculture to qualified students.
Your choice of agriculture school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for agriculture schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Agriculture Schools in Illinois ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the agriculture degree levels they offer.
Illinois State University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in agriculture. Illinois State is a very large public university located in the medium-sized suburb of Normal. A Best Colleges rank of #231 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Illinois State is a great university overall.
There were about 178 agriculture students who graduated with this degree at Illinois State in the most recent data year.
It's difficult to beat Southern Illinois University Carbondale if you want to pursue a degree in agriculture. SIUC is a fairly large public university located in the small city of Carbondale. This university ranks 23rd out of 85 colleges for overall quality in the state of Illinois.
There were roughly 11 agriculture students who graduated with this degree at SIUC in the most recent data year.
Western Illinois University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in agriculture. Located in the town of Macomb, WIU is a public university with a medium-sized student population. This university ranks 39th out of 85 colleges for overall quality in the state of Illinois.
There were approximately 75 agriculture students who graduated with this degree at WIU in the most recent year we have data available.
Agriculture is one of 0 different types of General Agriculture programs to choose from.
Notes and References
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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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Your choice of agriculture school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for agriculture schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
