2024 Best Colleges for Agriculture

SUMMARY

Studying Agriculture is a valuable choice and generally a necessary first step for pupils hoping to enter a career as an agriculture worker, a farm worker, or an agricultural loan officer. In fact, agriculture is a very rare major coming in at the 139th most popular degree. Last academic year alone, there were 2,377 agriculture diplomas received. In-state tuition for agriculture at private universities is, on average, 4.1 times more pricey than their public peers.

With only 80 schools having programs for agriculture you could have a smaller selection of institutions you can choose from. If you're looking to immerse yourself with other agriculture undergraduates, consider looking at colleges in Texas which have the most undergraduates admitted to agriculture annually. More generally, the top region to pursue agriculture is in the Southeast region with Western Kentucky University, The University of Tennessee-Martin, and Tennessee Technological University best representing the region. Interestingly, our pick for the best conference to major in agriculture is the Ohio Valley Conference with Morehead State University, The University of Tennessee-Martin, and Tennessee Technological University representing the conference. That being said, our choice for the best school for agriculture is Cornell University. You might also want to check out our list of the best colleges.

The overall 'best' school does not have to be the best school for every student. There are many more angels to weigh when selecting institution. External stuff like campus amenities, transportation services, and food would impact your inclinations on where to go to school. At authority.org, we've weighed the pros and cons for you. If, for example, you are intrigued by which agriculture college has the top college campus, the answer is Rutgers University-New Brunswick. If, for example, you are mostly interested in which school boasts the top campus, then we have an entire page dedicated to that. We have carefully pored through student reviews, professor reviews, government databases, and more to compare every major in the United States in an unbiased and informative way. You can find our comprehensive list for the universities with the best student life&nbsphere and, from that list, our selection for the college with the best student life for agriculture is Cornell University. Are you curious why? Continue scrolling to learn more about our top recommendations. Some of our conclusions will probably shock you.

If cost is a major factor in your decisions, you might consider avoiding Cornell University. Cornell University&nbspis the most expensive university for agriculture, at least regarding out of state enrollment. That being said, we have an entire list of the most expensive&nbspcolleges that could put the cost of Cornell University&nbspinto perspective. For more context, you could want to know that agriculture is the 337th most expensive degree in the United States, with an average expense of $20,400. On a broader scale, the most costly state for agriculture in the country is New York with costs at the main university, Cornell University, of $56,550. Even more broadly, the most expensive region of the country for agriculture is the New England region which is best demonstrated with University of Connecticut with a cost of $36,466, and University of Vermont with a cost of $41,280.

Our cheapest region for agriculture is the Plains region which is represented by Northwest Missouri State University with a cost of $10,738, Dickinson State University with a cost of $9,782, and South Dakota State University with a cost of $11,172. More optimistically, the most affordable college for agriculture is Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University. Our comprehensive list of the most affordable schools can be found here.

In-state students can anticipate paying about $9,700 for a degree in agriculture. The price increases significantly to an average of $21,700 for an out-of-state public-school undergrad. On that note, our choice for the university representing the best value for agriculture: Cornell University. Through this link you will see our comprehensive list for the universities we believe to be the best value&nbspoverall. Do know, this idea is based on out-of-state tuition costs. A discussion of value changes when it comes to in-state tuition, but we do not know in which states any one student has residency.

Earnings for agriculture students can vary, but within two years completing the major students will often make in the neighborhood of $46,900. While there can be much variation in earnings; highest paid earners can make up to $98,500. Even straight out of college, the minimum earning jobs within the agriculture field make $21,900, which isn't that bad. The highest earning grads for agriculture graduated from Cornell University&nbspand if you want to find the universities with all of the highest earning graduates, we have that too.

The overall diversity of agriculture lies near the bottom, being in only the 15th percentile of all majors. The university with the highest composite diversity for agriculture is Cornell University&nbspand here you can find our general list of the colleges which have the most diversity. The financial diversity of the Agriculture major only is within the 67th percentile compared to all other majors. Racial diversity is even less in the 11th percentile. White collegians compose the largest share at 79% of scholars studying agriculture. Additionally, 53% of undergrads pursuing an agriculture degree are women.

The median score for agriculture's professors is 4 stars, which is surprisingly the median score for all majors; which is a fine. If you are looking for the most popular agriculture professor nationally, consider looking up Neal Eash from The University of Tennessee-Knoxville. It might surprise you, but the top rated instructors of agriculture by student come from The University of Tennessee-Knoxville. If we consider data beyond simply rankings we find that the school possessing the best instructors for agriculture is Cornell University. One will find more detail on our ever evolving ranking methodology of the best overall professors here, as well as many of the top examples of professors in the country.

Finally, the most difficult college to get into for agriculture is Cornell University. While we think of this list more as a novelty, we have a comprehensive page for the hardest colleges to get into. Although, we do hope you understand that approaching the higher education world with a perspective only derived from superlatives can create issues. We at Authority encourage you to read our other pages on individual universities and explore some of Authority's background pages on beneficial details to consider as you progress with your school search.