2025 Best General Agriculture Schools in California
4Colleges in California
139Agriculture 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 looked at 4 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best General Agriculture Schools in California ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 139 degrees in general agriculture to qualified students.
Your choice of general agriculture school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. 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.
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 General Agriculture Schools in California.
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Best Schools for General Agriculture in California
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.
Every student who is interested in general agriculture has to look into California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo. Cal Poly San Luis Obispo is a very large public university located in the 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 approximately 43 general agriculture students who graduated with this degree at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo in the most recent year we have data available. Degree recipients from the general agriculture major at California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo make $22,608 more than the typical graduate in this field shortly after graduation.
California State University - Chico is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in general agriculture. Chico State is a 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 about 48 general agriculture students who graduated with this degree at Chico State in the most recent year we have data available.
California State Polytechnic University - Pomona is a good choice for students interested in a degree in general agriculture. Located in the large suburb of Pomona, Cal Poly Pomona is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #436 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Cal Poly Pomona is a great university overall.
There were roughly 19 general 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 finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in general agriculture. Stan State is a moderately-sized public university located in the suburb of Turlock. This university ranks 76th out of 161 schools for overall quality in the state of California.
There were about 29 general agriculture students who graduated with this degree at Stan State in the most recent year we have data available. Students who graduate with their degree from the agriculture program state that they receive average early career earnings of $43,101.
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.
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Your choice of general agriculture school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. 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.
