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2025 Best General Agriculture Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

3 Colleges in the Great Lakes Region
213 Bachelor's Degrees
$45,168 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 3 schools in the Great Lakes Region 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 213 bachelor's degrees in general agriculture during the 2021-2022 academic year.

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

Best General Agriculture Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region 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 colleges for general agriculture students working on their bachelor's degree.

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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 General Agriculture Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region.

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study General Agriculture in the Great Lakes Region

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in general agriculture.

Top Great Lakes Region Schools for a Bachelor's in Agriculture

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

Illinois State University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a bachelor's degree in general agriculture. Located in the suburb of Normal, Illinois State is a public university with a fairly large student population.

Bachelor's recipients from the general agriculture major at Illinois State University make $2,127 above the standard college graduate with the same degree when they enter the workforce.

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

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5 Annual Graduates

It's difficult to beat Purdue University - Main Campus if you wish to pursue a bachelor's degree in general agriculture. Purdue is a very 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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It is difficult to beat Western Illinois University if you wish to pursue a bachelor's degree in general agriculture. WIU is a moderately-sized public university located in the remote town of Macomb.

Bachelor's recipients from the general agriculture program at Western Illinois University earn $3,341 more than the standard graduate with the same degree when they enter the workforce.

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

Best General Agriculture Colleges by State

Explore the best general agriculture colleges for a specific state in the Great Lakes Region .

State Colleges Degrees Awarded
Michigan 261 1
Illinois 241 258
Indiana 235 19
Wisconsin 213 8

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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 213

Majors Similar to Agriculture

Related Major Annual Graduates
Animal Science 894
Agricultural Economics & Business 784
Food Science Technology 209
Plant Sciences 184
Agricultural Public Services 124
Other Agriculture 72
Soil Sciences 60
Agriculture/Veterinary Preparatory Programs 59
Veterinary/Animal Health Technologies/Technicians 45
Agricultural Mechanization 38

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