2023 Most Well Attended Agriculture Major for a Doctorate

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Well Attended Agriculture Major for a Doctorate” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2020-2021, 3,370 people earned their degree in agriculture, making the major the 202nd most popular in the United States.

At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 8 agriculture graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,260 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Well Attended Agriculture Major for a Doctorate” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in agriculture. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in agriculture.

For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Most Well Attended Agriculture Major for a Doctorate

The colleges and universities below are the best for doctor’s degree agriculture students.

Top 5 Most Popular Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Agriculture

1

The University of Tennessee - Knoxville
Knoxville, Tennessee

Top 20% overall quality in United States

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Tennessee - Knoxville. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Agriculture Major for a Doctorate list. The University of Tennessee - Knoxville is located in Knoxville, Tennessee and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 8 doctorate’s agriculture degrees to qualified students.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Agriculture at UT Knoxville

2

West Virginia University
Morgantown, West Virginia

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend West Virginia University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Agriculture Major for a Doctorate list. This large school is located in Morgantown, West Virginia, and it awarded 11 doctorate’s agriculture degrees in 2020-2021.

Full WVU Agriculture Report

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University of Maryland - College Park
College Park, Maryland

Top 5% overall quality in United States

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Maryland - College Park. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Agriculture Major for a Doctorate. University of Maryland - College Park is a large public school situated in College Park, Maryland. It awarded 40 doctorate’s agriculture degrees in 2020-2021.

With a freshman retention rate of 95%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.8% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Full UMCP Agriculture Report

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West Texas A&M University
Canyon, Texas

Out of the 5 schools in the Most Well Attended Agriculture Major for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, West Texas A&M University landed the #2 spot on the list. West Texas A&M University is a public institution located in Canyon, Texas. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 28 doctorate’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Agriculture at West Texas A&M University

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Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Carbondale, Illinois

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southern Illinois University Carbondale. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Agriculture Major for a Doctorate. Southern Illinois University Carbondale is a fairly large public school situated in Carbondale, Illinois. It awarded 11 doctorate’s agriculture degrees in 2020-2021.

Full SIUC Agriculture Report

Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

Credits

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