2025 Best Agroecology & Sustainable Agriculture Schools in the New England Region
4Colleges in the New England Region
120Agroecology Degrees Awarded
Agroecology & Sustainable Agriculture is about average in terms of popularity for degree programs. That is, it ranks #617 out of the 1506 majors across the country that we analyze each year. So, you may have to do some digging around to find quality schools that offer the degree program. This list can help with that.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 4 schools in the New England Region to determine which ones were the best for agroecology & sustainable agriculture students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 120 degrees in agroecology & sustainable agriculture annually.
Choosing a Great Agroecology & Sustainable Agriculture School
The agroecology program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Agroecology & Sustainable Agriculture rankings. For our Best Overall Agroecology & Sustainable Agriculture School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Pick Your Agroecology & Sustainable Agriculture Degree Level
The agroecology 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 Agroecology & Sustainable Agriculture Schools in the New England Region.
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Best Schools for Agroecology & Sustainable Agriculture in the New England Region
The schools below may not offer all types of agroecology degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
University of Massachusetts Amherst is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in agroecology & sustainable agriculture. Located in the small city of Amherst, UMass Amherst is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #60 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UMass Amherst is a great university overall.
There were about 60 agroecology & sustainable agriculture students who graduated with this degree at UMass Amherst in the most recent data year.
University of Connecticut is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in agroecology & sustainable agriculture. Located in the fringe town of Storrs, UCONN is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #57 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UCONN is a great university overall.
There were approximately 16 agroecology & sustainable agriculture students who graduated with this degree at UCONN in the most recent year we have data available.
It's difficult to beat University of New Hampshire - Main Campus if you want to pursue a degree in agroecology & sustainable agriculture. UNH is a fairly large public university located in the fringe town of Durham. This university ranks 2nd out of 17 schools for overall quality in the state of New Hampshire.
There were about 13 agroecology & sustainable agriculture students who graduated with this degree at UNH in the most recent year we have data available.
It is difficult to beat Southern Maine Community College if you wish to pursue a degree in agroecology & sustainable agriculture. Located in the small city of South Portland, SMCC is a public college with a moderately-sized student population. This college ranks 12th out of 19 schools for overall quality in the state of Maine.
There were roughly 8 agroecology & sustainable agriculture students who graduated with this degree at SMCC in the most recent data year.
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).
The agroecology program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Agroecology & Sustainable Agriculture rankings. For our Best Overall Agroecology & Sustainable Agriculture School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
