A degree in agriculture is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #202 out of 1506 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in New York to determine which ones were the best for agriculture students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 91 degrees in agriculture during the 2020-2021 academic year.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Agriculture Schools in New York list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the agriculture degrees they offer, see the list below.
It is difficult to beat Cornell University if you wish to pursue a degree in agriculture. Cornell is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the small city of Ithaca. A Best Colleges rank of #22 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Cornell is a great university overall.
There were approximately 76 agriculture students who graduated with this degree at Cornell in the most recent year we have data available.
It is hard to beat SUNY Cobleskill if you wish to pursue a degree in agriculture. Located in the distant town of Cobleskill, SUNY Cobleskill is a public school with a small student population. This school ranks 87th out of 142 colleges for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were approximately 4 agriculture students who graduated with this degree at SUNY Cobleskill in the most recent year we have data available.
It's hard to beat Morrisville State College if you wish to pursue a degree in agriculture. Morrisville State College is a small public college located in the rural area of Morrisville. This college ranks 134th out of 142 colleges for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were about 4 agriculture students who graduated with this degree at Morrisville State College in the most recent data year.
One of 0 majors within the General Agriculture area of study, Agriculture has other similar majors worth exploring.
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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