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2025 Best General Agriculture Bachelor's Degree Schools

51 Colleges in the United States
1,908 Bachelor's Degrees
$40,329 Avg Early-Career Salary
a bachelor's degree in general agriculture is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #130 out of 363 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 51 schools in the United States to determine which ones were the best for general agriculture students pursuing a bachelor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 1,908 bachelor's degrees in general agriculture during the <nil> academic year.

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Choosing a Great General Agriculture School for Your Bachelor's Degree

Best General Agriculture Bachelor's Degree Schools The agriculture bachelor's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.

A Great Overall School

A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

Early-Career Earnings

One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of bachelor's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their bachelor's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for general agriculture students working on their bachelor's degree.

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study General Agriculture in the United States

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in general agriculture. Only those schools that rank in the top 20% of all the schools we analyze get awarded with a place on this list.

10 Top Schools for a Bachelor's in Agriculture

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It's hard to beat Cornell University if you wish to pursue a bachelor's degree in general agriculture. Cornell is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Ithaca.

Bachelor's recipients from the general agriculture program at Cornell University get $13,136 above the standard college grad with the same degree when they enter the workforce.

More information about a bachelor’s in general agriculture from Cornell University

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109 Annual Graduates
$47,295 Median Starting Salary
$26,906 Median Student Debt

Any student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in general agriculture has to check out Illinois State University. Located in the medium-sized suburb of Normal, Illinois State is a public university with a very large student population.

Bachelor's recipients from the general agriculture major at Illinois State University get $6,966 above the average graduate with the same degree shortly after graduation.

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13 Annual Graduates

It's difficult to beat University of Maryland - College Park if you wish to pursue a bachelor's degree in general agriculture. UMCP is a very large public university located in the suburb of College Park.More information about a bachelor’s in general agriculture from University of Maryland - College Park

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It's difficult to beat South Dakota State University if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in general agriculture. South Dakota State is a fairly large public university located in the town of Brookings.

General Agriculture bachelor's degree recipients from South Dakota State University get an earnings boost of approximately $9,452 above the typical earnings of general agriculture majors.

More information about a bachelor’s in general agriculture from South Dakota State University

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15 Annual Graduates

Purdue is a fairly large public university located in the city of West Lafayette.More information about a bachelor’s in general agriculture from Purdue University - Main Campus

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Located in the midsize city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public university with a fairly large student population.

General Agriculture bachelor's degree recipients from Texas A&M University - College Station earn a boost of around $19,296 above the typical earnings of general agriculture graduates.

More information about a bachelor’s in general agriculture from Texas A&M University - College Station

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Located in the small suburb of San Luis Obispo, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo is a public university with a fairly large student population.

Bachelor's recipients from the general agriculture program at California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo make $24,457 above the standard college graduate with the same degree when they enter the workforce.

More information about a bachelor’s in general agriculture from California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo

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52 Annual Graduates

Located in the medium-sized city of Chico, Chico State is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in general agriculture from California State University - Chico

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NC State is a fairly large public university located in the city of Raleigh.

Students who graduate with their bachelor's from the agriculture program report average early career earnings of $41,084.

More information about a bachelor’s in general agriculture from North Carolina State University

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13 Annual Graduates

Located in the midsize city of Athens, UGA is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in general agriculture from University of Georgia

Additional Noteworthy Schools

These are some additional schools worth mentioning that are also great but just didn't quite make the cut to earn our top Best General Agriculture Bachelor's Degree Schools award.

Rank College Location
11 University of Delaware Newark, DE
12 Auburn University Auburn, AL
13 Virginia Tech Blacksburg, VA
14 Western Illinois University Macomb, IL
15 Oregon State University Corvallis, OR
16 Tarleton State University Stephenville, TX
17 University of Nebraska - Lincoln Lincoln, NE

General Agriculture by Region

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Region
Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Other U.S. Territories
Great Lakes

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General Agriculture is one of 18 different types of Agriculture & Agriculture Operations programs to choose from.

Agriculture Concentrations

Major Annual Graduates
Agriculture 1,908

Majors Similar to Agriculture

Related Major Annual Graduates
Animal Science 7,296
Agricultural Economics & Business 4,791
Plant Sciences 1,996
Food Science Technology 1,110
Agricultural Production 687
Agricultural Public Services 607
Agriculture/Veterinary Preparatory Programs 455
Veterinary/Animal Health Technologies/Technicians 422
Other Agriculture 413
Animal Services 359

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