2025 Best General Agriculture Schools in the Great Lakes Region
4Colleges in the Great Lakes Region
356Agriculture Degrees Awarded
$42,178Avg Early-Career Salary
If you plan on majoring in general agriculture, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #157 in the country in terms of popularity. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
College Factual reviewed 4 schools in the Great Lakes Region to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of general agriculture. Combined, these schools handed out 356 degrees in general 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 General Agriculture rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for general agriculture schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best General Agriculture Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Best Schools for General Agriculture in the Great Lakes Region
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the agriculture degree levels they offer.
Illinois State University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in general 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 about 125 general agriculture students who graduated with this degree at Illinois State in the most recent data year. Degree recipients from the general agriculture major at Illinois State University make $5,117 more than the average graduate with the same degree when they enter the workforce.
Purdue University - Main Campus is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in general agriculture. 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 roughly 22 general agriculture students who graduated with this degree at Purdue in the most recent data year.
It is hard to beat Western Illinois University if you want to pursue a degree in general agriculture. WIU is a moderately-sized public university located in the remote town of Macomb. This university ranks 37th out of 85 schools for overall quality in the state of Illinois.
There were about 64 general agriculture students who graduated with this degree at WIU in the most recent year we have data available. Degree recipients from the general agriculture major at Western Illinois University get $6,331 above the average college grad with the same degree shortly after graduation.
Any student pursuing a degree in general agriculture needs to take a look at Ivy Tech Community College. Located in the city of Indianapolis, Ivy Tech Community College is a public college with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #173 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Ivy Tech Community College is a great college overall.
There were approximately 65 general agriculture students who graduated with this degree at Ivy Tech Community College in the most recent data year. Soon after graduating, agriculture degree recipients generally earn an average of $39,261 at the beginning of their careers.
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 General Agriculture rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for general agriculture schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
