2025 Best General Agriculture Schools in Louisiana
2Colleges in Louisiana
65Agriculture Degrees Awarded
$42,178Avg Early-Career Salary
A degree in general agriculture is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #157 out of 395 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.
In 2025, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best General Agriculture Schools in Louisiana ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 65 degrees in general agriculture to qualified students.
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 Louisiana ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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McNeese State University is a good choice for students interested in a degree in general agriculture. McNeese is a medium-sized public university located in the small city of Lake Charles.
Students who graduate with their degree from the agriculture program report average early career income of $37,887.
Southern University and A & M College is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in general agriculture. Southern University and A & M College is a moderately-sized public university located in the medium-sized city of Baton Rouge.
Soon after graduating, agriculture degree recipients typically make about $30,865 in the first five years of their career.
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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