2024 Best General Agriculture Schools
60
Colleges in the United States
3,370
Agriculture Degrees Awarded
$36,894
Avg Early-Career Salary
General Agriculture is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #157 most popular degree program in the country. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
College Factual looked at 60 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best General Agriculture Schools ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 3,370 degrees in general agriculture to qualified students.
What's on this page: * Degree-Level Rankings
Choosing a Great General Agriculture School
Your choice of general agriculture school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall General Agriculture School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
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.
Pick Your General Agriculture Degree Level
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best General Agriculture Schools list to help you make the college decision.
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Best Schools for General Agriculture in the United States
The schools below may not offer all types of agriculture degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer. Only those schools that rank in the top 15% of all the schools we analyze get awarded with a place on this list.
10 Top Schools in Agriculture
It's hard to beat Cornell University if you want to pursue a degree in general agriculture. Located in the city of Ithaca, Cornell is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #22 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Cornell is a great university overall.
There were roughly 76 general agriculture students who graduated with this degree at Cornell in the most recent year we have data available. Degree recipients from the general agriculture degree program at Cornell University get $4,330 above the average college graduate in this field when they enter the workforce.
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It is difficult to beat Washington State University if you want to pursue a degree in general agriculture. Wazzu is a very large public university located in the distant town of Pullman. A Best Colleges rank of #175 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Wazzu is a great university overall.
There were roughly 31 general agriculture students who graduated with this degree at Wazzu in the most recent data year. Degree recipients from the general agriculture program at Washington State University make $33,593 above the standard college graduate with the same degree shortly after graduation.
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Every student who is interested in general agriculture needs to take a look at California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo. Cal Poly San Luis Obispo is a fairly large public university located in the suburb of San Luis Obispo. A Best Colleges rank of #95 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Cal Poly San Luis Obispo is a great university overall.
There were about 52 general agriculture students who graduated with this degree at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo in the most recent data year. Those general agriculture students who get their degree from California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo make $10,284 more than the standard agriculture grad.
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It is hard to beat South Dakota State University if you want to pursue a degree in general agriculture. Located in the town of Brookings, South Dakota State is a public university with a large student population. This university ranks 1st out of 13 schools for overall quality in the state of South Dakota.
There were approximately 75 general agriculture students who graduated with this degree at South Dakota State in the most recent year we have data available. Degree recipients from the general agriculture major at South Dakota State University make $6,823 more than the typical college graduate with the same degree shortly after graduation.
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Located in the large city of Lincoln, UNL is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #138 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UNL is a great university overall.
There were about 36 general agriculture students who graduated with this degree at UNL in the most recent year we have data available. Degree recipients from the general agriculture degree program at University of Nebraska - Lincoln get $11,899 above the average graduate in this field when they enter the workforce.
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Illinois State is a very large public university located in the suburb of Normal. This university ranks 8th out of 85 schools for overall quality in the state of Illinois.
There were roughly 178 general agriculture students who graduated with this degree at Illinois State in the most recent year we have data available. Degree recipients from the general agriculture major at Illinois State University make $4,532 more than the typical college graduate with the same degree when they enter the workforce.
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Bachelor's Degree
Highest Degree Type
2nd
Most Popular In IN
32
Agriculture Degrees Awarded
Located in the small city of West Lafayette, Purdue is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #40 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Purdue is a great university overall.
There were about 32 general agriculture students who graduated with this degree at Purdue in the most recent data year.
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Bachelor's Degree
Highest Degree Type
1st
Most Popular In MD
40
Agriculture Degrees Awarded
Located in the large suburb of College Park, UMCP is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #42 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UMCP is a great university overall.
There were about 40 general agriculture students who graduated with this degree at UMCP in the most recent year we have data available.
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Texas A&M College Station is a fairly large public university located in the city of College Station. A Best Colleges rank of #44 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Texas A&M College Station is a great university overall.
There were approximately 23 general agriculture students who graduated with this degree at Texas A&M College Station in the most recent year we have data available. Those general agriculture students who get their degree from Texas A&M University - College Station receive $14,230 more than the average agriculture graduate.
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Located in the large city of Raleigh, NC State is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #92 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means NC State is a great university overall.
There were roughly 46 general agriculture students who graduated with this degree at NC State in the most recent data year. Students who graduate with their degree from the agriculture program report average early career earnings of $36,860.
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