Highest Earning Bachelor's Agriculture Programs
These are the highest earning bachelor's agriculture programs, ranked by median earnings. The ranking includes 50 programs, with Cornell University leading at $145,218.
| Rank | Institution | Program | State | Earnings | Completers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cornell University | Agricultural Business | NY | $145,218 | 254 |
| 2 | University of Minnesota-Twin Cities | Veterinary Biomedical and Clinical Sciences | MN | $103,666 | 5 |
| 3 | Kansas State University | Agricultural and Food Products Processing | KS | $91,040 | 29 |
| 4 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | Soil Sciences | TN | $88,563 | 23 |
| 5 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | Agricultural Business | CA | $88,396 | 126 |
| 6 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | Agricultural/Animal/Plant/Veterinary Science and Related Fields, Other | OH | $88,205 | 71 |
| 7 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | Agricultural Business | IL | $86,646 | 255 |
| 8 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | Food Science & Technology | WI | $85,445 | 17 |
| 9 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | Agriculture | CA | $84,412 | 31 |
| 10 | Cornell University | Food Science & Technology | NY | $84,147 | 31 |
| 11 | North Dakota State University-Main Campus | Agricultural Production | ND | $83,779 | 36 |
| 12 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | Food Science & Technology | PA | $83,112 | 32 |
| 13 | University of Missouri-Columbia | Agricultural Business | MO | $82,831 | 42 |
| 14 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | Plant Sciences | CA | $82,487 | 55 |
| 15 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | Agricultural Business | WI | $81,655 | 31 |
| 16 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | Food Science & Technology | NJ | $80,979 | 27 |
| 17 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | Agricultural Public Services | CA | $80,965 | 29 |
| 18 | University of Idaho | Agricultural Business | ID | $80,690 | 23 |
| 19 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | Food Science & Technology | VA | $80,161 | 17 |
| 20 | Montana State University | Agricultural Business | MT | $79,621 | 29 |
| 21 | Mississippi State University | Agricultural Business | MS | $78,998 | 34 |
| 22 | Iowa State University | Agricultural Sciences | IA | $78,890 | 45 |
| 23 | University of Maryland-College Park | Agricultural Business | MD | $78,577 | 27 |
| 24 | Kansas State University | Agricultural Sciences | KS | $78,537 | 16 |
| 25 | South Dakota State University | Plant Sciences | SD | $78,494 | 36 |
| 26 | Kansas State University | Food Science & Technology | KS | $78,367 | 38 |
| 27 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | Agricultural Sciences | CA | $78,080 | 31 |
| 28 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | Food Science & Technology | MA | $77,771 | 14 |
| 29 | Texas A&M University-College Station | Agricultural Business | TX | $77,479 | 504 |
| 30 | North Dakota State University-Main Campus | Agricultural Business | ND | $77,296 | 50 |
| 31 | California State University-Fresno | Plant Sciences | CA | $77,034 | 63 |
| 32 | University of Missouri-Columbia | Agricultural Sciences | MO | $75,958 | 20 |
| 33 | University of Georgia | Agricultural Business | GA | $75,921 | 86 |
| 34 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | Food Science & Technology | CA | $75,601 | 31 |
| 35 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | Food Science & Technology | CA | $75,466 | 81 |
| 36 | Purdue University-Main Campus | Food Science & Technology | IN | $75,060 | 36 |
| 37 | University of Delaware | Agricultural Business | DE | $74,606 | 10 |
| 38 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | Soil Sciences | IL | $74,026 | 13 |
| 39 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | Agricultural Sciences | NE | $74,003 | 8 |
| 40 | University of Maryland-College Park | Food Science & Technology | MD | $73,677 | 34 |
| 41 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | Agricultural Business | PA | $73,471 | 75 |
| 42 | Pennsylvania State University-World Campus | Agricultural Business | PA | $73,471 | 12 |
| 43 | Purdue University-Main Campus | Agricultural Sciences | IN | $73,393 | 17 |
| 44 | North Carolina State University at Raleigh | Food Science & Technology | NC | $72,782 | 17 |
| 45 | University of California-Davis | Plant Sciences | CA | $72,335 | 19 |
| 46 | Oregon State University | Agricultural Business | OR | $72,311 | 16 |
| 47 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | Agricultural Business | IL | $71,910 | 18 |
| 48 | Purdue University-Main Campus | Agricultural Production | IN | $71,868 | 29 |
| 49 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | Agricultural Public Services | WI | $71,726 | 55 |
| 50 | Texas State University | Agriculture | TX | $71,237 | 47 |
Methodology
Programs ranked by highest earning. Only includes bachelor's programs in CIP family 01 (Agriculture) with at least 10 completers. Data from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.