A degree in agriculture is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #202 out of 1506 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.
College Factual reviewed 4 schools in California to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of agriculture. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 139 degrees in agriculture annually.
Your choice of agriculture school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall Agriculture School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
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 in California.
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If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the agriculture degrees they offer, see the list below.
California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo is a good option for students pursuing a degree in agriculture. Cal Poly San Luis Obispo is a fairly large public university located in the small suburb of San Luis Obispo. 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 roughly 43 agriculture students who graduated with this degree at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo in the most recent year we have data available.
Any student pursuing a degree in agriculture needs to check out California State University - Chico. Chico State is a fairly large public university located in the midsize city of Chico. This university ranks 64th out of 161 schools for overall quality in the state of California.
There were roughly 48 agriculture students who graduated with this degree at Chico State in the most recent data year.
California State Polytechnic University - Pomona is a good decision for students pursuing a degree in agriculture. Located in the large suburb of Pomona, Cal Poly Pomona is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #436 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Cal Poly Pomona is a great university overall.
There were roughly 19 agriculture students who graduated with this degree at Cal Poly Pomona in the most recent data year.
California State University - Stanislaus is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in agriculture. Stan State is a medium-sized public university located in the small suburb of Turlock. This university ranks 76th out of 161 schools for overall quality in the state of California.
There were roughly 29 agriculture students who graduated with this degree at Stan State in the most recent year we have data available.
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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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Your choice of agriculture school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall Agriculture School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
