Agriculture is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #202 most popular degree program in the country. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
College Factual reviewed 62 schools in the United States to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of agriculture. Combined, these schools handed out 3,151 degrees in agriculture to qualified students.
The agriculture program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Agriculture rankings. We derive our Best Overall Agriculture School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
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 Agriculture Schools.
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The schools below may not offer all types of agriculture degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer. Only those schools that rank in the top 20% of all the schools we analyze get awarded with a place on this list.
Cornell University is a great option for students interested in a degree in agriculture. Cornell is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Ithaca. A Best Colleges rank of #9 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Cornell is a great university overall.
There were roughly 98 agriculture students who graduated with this degree at Cornell in the most recent data year.
It is difficult to beat Illinois State University if you want to pursue a degree in agriculture. Located in the suburb of Normal, Illinois State is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 8th out of 85 colleges for overall quality in the state of Illinois.
There were roughly 125 agriculture students who graduated with this degree at Illinois State in the most recent year we have data available.
University of Maryland - College Park is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in agriculture. UMCP is a very large public university located in the suburb of College Park. A Best Colleges rank of #37 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UMCP is a great university overall.
There were about 40 agriculture students who graduated with this degree at UMCP in the most recent data year.
Any student pursuing a degree in agriculture has to look into South Dakota State University. South Dakota State is a fairly large public university located in the town of Brookings. This university ranks 3rd out of 13 colleges for overall quality in the state of South Dakota.
There were roughly 69 agriculture students who graduated with this degree at South Dakota State in the most recent year we have data available.
Purdue is a very large public university located in the small city of West Lafayette. A Best Colleges rank of #65 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Purdue is a great university overall.
There were approximately 22 agriculture students who graduated with this degree at Purdue in the most recent data year.
Located in the suburb of San Luis Obispo, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #165 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Cal Poly San Luis Obispo is a great university overall.
There were about 43 agriculture students who graduated with this degree at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the midsize city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #42 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Texas A&M College Station is a great university overall.
There were about 31 agriculture students who graduated with this degree at Texas A&M College Station in the most recent data year.
Located in the city of Blacksburg, Virginia Tech is a public school with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #58 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Virginia Tech is a great school overall.
There were roughly 34 agriculture students who graduated with this degree at Virginia Tech in the most recent data year.
NC State is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Raleigh. A Best Colleges rank of #122 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means NC State is a great university overall.
There were roughly 34 agriculture students who graduated with this degree at NC State in the most recent data year.
Located in the medium-sized city of Chico, Chico State is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 64th out of 161 colleges for overall quality in the state of California.
There were about 48 agriculture students who graduated with this degree at Chico State in the most recent data year.
Located in the town of Pullman, Wazzu is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 3rd out of 50 colleges for overall quality in the state of Washington.
There were about 35 agriculture students who graduated with this degree at Wazzu in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the medium-sized city of Athens, UGA is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #69 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UGA is a great university overall.
There were about 15 agriculture students who graduated with this degree at UGA in the most recent data year.
These are some additional schools worth mentioning that are also great but just didn't quite make the cut to earn our top Best Agriculture Schools award.
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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The agriculture program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Agriculture rankings. We derive our Best Overall Agriculture School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
