Highest Job Growth Doctoral Agriculture Programs

These are the highest job growth doctoral agriculture programs, ranked by projected career job growth. The ranking includes 50 programs, with Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University leading at 10%.

Rank	Institution	Program	State	Growth	Completers
1	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Veterinary Biomedical and Clinical Sciences	VA	10%	14
2	University of Georgia	Veterinary Biomedical and Clinical Sciences	GA	10%	11
3	Iowa State University	Veterinary Biomedical and Clinical Sciences	IA	10%	9
4	University of Florida	Veterinary Biomedical and Clinical Sciences	FL	10%	8
5	Ohio State University-Main Campus	Veterinary Biomedical and Clinical Sciences	OH	10%	8
6	University of Missouri-Columbia	Veterinary Biomedical and Clinical Sciences	MO	10%	7
7	Washington State University	Veterinary Biomedical and Clinical Sciences	WA	10%	7
8	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign	Veterinary Biomedical and Clinical Sciences	IL	10%	5
9	University of Maryland-College Park	Veterinary Biomedical and Clinical Sciences	MD	10%	5
10	Mississippi State University	Veterinary Biomedical and Clinical Sciences	MS	10%	5
11	University of California-Davis	Soil Sciences	CA	4%	8
12	Purdue University-Main Campus	Soil Sciences	IN	4%	7
13	Ohio State University-Main Campus	Agricultural Business	OH	0%	12
14	Oklahoma State University-Main Campus	Agricultural Business	OK	0%	10
15	Kansas State University	Agricultural Business	KS	0%	5
16	University of Florida	Plant Sciences	FL	-1%	27
17	Cornell University	Food Science & Technology	NY	-1%	25
18	University of Georgia	Animal Sciences	GA	-1%	19
19	Texas A&M University-College Station	Plant Sciences	TX	-1%	19
20	University of Georgia	Plant Sciences	GA	-1%	17
21	Texas A&M University-College Station	Animal Sciences	TX	-1%	17
22	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign	Food Science & Technology	IL	-1%	16
23	University of Nebraska-Lincoln	Plant Sciences	NE	-1%	15
24	Cornell University	Plant Sciences	NY	-1%	15
25	Ohio State University-Main Campus	Food Science & Technology	OH	-1%	13
26	Kansas State University	Plant Sciences	KS	-1%	11
27	Rutgers University-New Brunswick	Food Science & Technology	NJ	-1%	11
28	North Carolina State University at Raleigh	Plant Sciences	NC	-1%	11
29	Texas Tech University	Plant Sciences	TX	-1%	11
30	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Animal Sciences	VA	-1%	11
31	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign	Plant Sciences	IL	-1%	10
32	New Mexico State University-Main Campus	Plant Sciences	NM	-1%	10
33	Clemson University	Plant Sciences	SC	-1%	10
34	University of California-Davis	Plant Sciences	CA	-1%	9
35	North Carolina State University at Raleigh	Animal Sciences	NC	-1%	9
36	South Dakota State University	Plant Sciences	SD	-1%	9
37	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Plant Sciences	VA	-1%	9
38	University of Wisconsin-Madison	Animal Sciences	WI	-1%	9
39	Purdue University-Main Campus	Animal Sciences	IN	-1%	9
40	University of Georgia	Food Science & Technology	GA	-1%	8
41	University of Kentucky	Plant Sciences	KY	-1%	8
42	University of Maryland-College Park	Plant Sciences	MD	-1%	8
43	University of Missouri-Columbia	Food Science & Technology	MO	-1%	8
44	University of Arkansas	Animal Sciences	AR	-1%	7
45	University of California-Davis	Food Science & Technology	CA	-1%	7
46	University of Delaware	Plant Sciences	DE	-1%	7
47	Iowa State University	Animal Sciences	IA	-1%	7
48	Iowa State University	Plant Sciences	IA	-1%	7
49	Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College	Food Science & Technology	LA	-1%	7
50	Mississippi State University	Agricultural Production	MS	-1%	7

Methodology

Programs ranked by average projected job growth rate across related occupations (via CIP-SOC crosswalk). Only includes doctoral programs with at least 10 completers and matched BLS occupation data. Data from the BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook and College Scorecard.