2024 Best General Agriculture Bachelor's Degree Schools in Delaware

If you plan on getting your bachelor's degree in general agriculture, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #130 in the country in terms of popularity. 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 Delaware to determine which ones were the best for general agriculture students pursuing a bachelor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 65 bachelor's degrees in general agriculture during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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Average Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their bachelor's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your bachelor's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to general agriculture students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of general agriculture students who choose to seek a bachelor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How easy is it for general agriculture to pay back their student loans after receiving their bachelor's degree.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized general agriculture related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for general agriculture students working on their bachelor's degree.

More Ways to Rank General Agriculture Schools

The agriculture school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best General Agriculture Bachelor's Degree Schools in Delaware.

To further help you make the college decision, we've developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. Go ahead and give it a try, or bookmark the link so you can check it out later.

Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study General Agriculture in Delaware

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in general agriculture.

Top Delaware Schools for a Bachelor's in Agriculture

1

University of Delaware
Newark, DE

44 Annual Graduates

$28,961 Median Starting Salary

$24,372 Median Student Debt

It is difficult to beat University of Delaware if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in general agriculture. UD is a fairly large public university located in the large suburb of Newark.

Bachelor's students who receive their degree from the agriculture program make an average of $28,961 for their early career.

More information about a bachelor’s in general agriculture from University of Delaware

2

Delaware State University
Dover, DE

21 Annual Graduates

$32,213 Median Starting Salary

$23,625 Median Student Debt

It is hard to beat Delaware State University if you wish to pursue a bachelor's degree in general agriculture. Located in the city of Dover, Del State is a public university with a medium-sized student population.

Students who graduate with their bachelor's from the agriculture program state that they receive average early career income of $32,213.

More information about a bachelor’s in general agriculture from Delaware State University

Best General Agriculture Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best General Agriculture Schools in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
New York	275	66
Pennsylvania	274	27
Maryland	207	37
New Jersey	193	12

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Rankings in Majors Related to Agriculture

General Agriculture is one of 18 different types of Agriculture & Agriculture Operations programs to choose from.

Agriculture Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Agriculture	65

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Agriculture/Veterinary Preparatory Programs	75
Agricultural Economics & Business	20
Animal Science	20
Food Science Technology	13
Plant Sciences	10

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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to W.carter. More about our data sources and methodologies.