General Agriculture is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #130 most popular bachelor's degree program in the country. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
College Factual reviewed 2 schools in North Carolina to determine which ones were the best for bachelor's degree seekers in the field of general agriculture. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 56 bachelor's degrees in general agriculture during the 2020-2021 academic year.
To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their bachelor's degree from the school. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their bachelor's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.
Other Factors We Consider
The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.
Major Focus - How much a school focuses on general agriculture students vs. other majors.
Major Demand - How many other general agriculture students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
Student Debt - How much debt general agriculture students go into to obtain their bachelor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized general agriculture related body.
Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for general agriculture students working on their bachelor's degree.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best General Agriculture Bachelor's Degree Schools in North Carolina ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study General Agriculture in North Carolina
Explore the top ranked colleges and universities for general agriculture students seeking a a bachelor's degree.
Top North Carolina Schools for a Bachelor's in Agriculture
Any student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in general agriculture needs to take a look at North Carolina State University. Located in the city of Raleigh, NC State is a public university with a fairly large student population.
Those general agriculture students who get their bachelor's degree from North Carolina State University receive $4,917 more than the typical agriculture grad.
Every student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in general agriculture needs to check out North Carolina A & T State University. Located in the large city of Greensboro, NC A&T is a public university with a large student population.
Students who graduate with their bachelor's from the agriculture program state that they receive average early career income of $25,859.
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).