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Highest Paying Agriculture & Food Science Majors

Top 50 Agriculture & Food Science college majors by estimated median 5-year earnings

# College Major Degrees Accept Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employ Debt-to-Earn Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl SAT p25 SAT p50 SAT p75 Submit %
1 Kansas State Food Science 24 95% $104,623 100 +3.87 96 95% 4.7% 29% 67% 4% 4% 25% 0% 1060 1160 1260 87%
2 U. of Georgia Nutritional Sciences 87 34% $101,460 100 +3.57 95 100% — 7% 75% 7% 11% 2% 1% 1250 1340 1420 100%
3 U. of Findlay Pre-Veterinary Studies 83 84% $99,826 100 +4.89 93 99% — 23% 81% 4% 2% 5% 0% — — — —
4 Kansas State Agricultural and Food Products Processing 19 95% $96,572 99 +3.10 94 98% — 47% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% 1060 1160 1260 87%
5 Kansas State Agricultural Mechanization 15 95% $95,274 100 +3.12 93 100% — 87% 87% 0% 7% 0% 7% 1060 1160 1260 87%
6 U. of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Agricultural and Consumer Economics 213 37% $94,999 100 +1.88 91 96% — 75% 64% 11% 6% 11% 4% 1390 1460 1520 57%
7 North Carolina State Forestry 16 40% $93,717 100 +2.98 92 98% — 75% 94% 0% 0% 0% 0% 1310 1380 1440 40%
8 North Carolina State Forest Biomaterials 49 40% $93,717 100 +2.98 92 98% — 53% 76% 6% 6% 2% 0% 1310 1380 1440 40%
9 U. of Houston - Clear Lake Environmental Science 13 70% $93,369 100 +4.36 94 83% — 8% 54% 8% 0% 23% 0% 970 1060 1150 75%
10 South Dakota State Agronomy 11 85% $92,994 100 +2.91 95 — — 91% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% 1060 1150 1240 77%
11 Boston College Environmental Studies 30 14% $92,612 100 +4.27 81 96% — 37% 70% 10% 3% 7% 3% 1440 1490 1540 45%
12 U. of Tennessee, Knoxville Soil Chemistry and Physics 19 42% $91,221 100 +2.75 90 93% — 32% 95% 0% 0% 0% 0% 1200 1290 1370 100%
13 U. of Georgia Agricultural Economics 22 34% $90,118 95 +1.44 90 96% — 27% 64% 9% 23% 5% 0% 1250 1340 1420 100%
14 U. of Georgia Agricultural and Applied Economics 56 34% $90,118 95 +1.44 90 96% — 55% 84% 0% 2% 9% 2% 1250 1340 1420 100%
15 North Dakota State Sustainable Agriculture 11 92% $89,685 100 +2.61 93 96% — 100% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% — — — —
16 North Dakota State Crop and Weed Sciences 20 92% $89,685 100 +2.61 93 96% — 80% 95% 0% 0% 0% 0% — — — —
17 Howard Nutritional Sciences 10 42% $89,171 99 +2.40 90 — — 10% 0% 0% 90% 0% 0% 1050 1160 1270 62%
18 U. of Wisconsin - Madison Food Science 13 41% $88,259 99 +2.31 86 96% — 62% 85% 0% 0% 0% 15% 1400 1450 1490 41%
19 U. of Idaho Agricultural Business 24 75% $88,004 95 +1.25 89 94% — 62% 83% 0% 0% 4% 0% 990 1110 1230 57%
20 U. of Wisconsin - Madison Agricultural Business Management 18 41% $87,991 95 +1.25 85 96% — 50% 83% 11% 0% 6% 0% 1400 1450 1490 41%
21 U. of Wisconsin - Madison Agricultural and Applied Economics 10 41% $87,991 95 +1.25 85 96% — 60% 90% 0% 0% 0% 10% 1400 1450 1490 41%
22 Pennsylvania State Food Science 33 55% $87,843 99 +2.27 86 96% — 27% 67% 12% 0% 3% 12% 1280 1350 1410 34%
23 Virginia Tech Food Science and Technology 22 64% $87,268 99 +2.22 88 100% — 45% 50% 18% 0% 9% 0% 1270 1360 1440 50%
24 U. of Nebraska, Lincoln Agricultural Mechanization 14 80% $86,909 99 +2.35 89 100% — 100% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% 1090 1210 1330 89%
25 Purdue Agricultural Mechanization 19 43% $86,880 99 +2.35 88 100% — 100% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% 1220 1350 1470 100%
26 U. of Arkansas Food Science 18 74% $86,510 99 +2.15 87 100% — 33% 44% 0% 6% 33% 0% 1020 1120 1210 100%
27 U. of Connecticut Agriculture and Natural Resources 18 54% $86,356 93 +1.10 85 96% — 67% 56% 6% 6% 22% 0% 1260 1340 1420 39%
28 Iowa State Agricultural Mechanization 27 88% $86,126 99 +2.28 88 100% — 81% 85% 0% 0% 0% 0% 1150 1260 1360 57%
29 Southern Arkansas Agribusiness 40 63% $85,392 92 +1.02 90 89% — 48% 92% 0% 5% 0% 0% 870 990 1100 100%
30 Cal State Bakersfield Agricultural Business 16 80% $85,316 92 +1.01 91 — — 56% 25% 0% 0% 69% 0% — — — —
31 Emory Environmental Sciences 39 10% $85,057 100 +3.32 71 96% — 18% 46% 21% 8% 15% 3% 1480 1510 1540 68%
32 U. of Missouri Agricultural Business and Management 48 77% $84,777 91 +0.96 85 98% — 65% 98% 0% 0% 2% 0% 1150 1240 1330 76%
33 North Dakota State Agricultural Economics 27 92% $84,682 91 +0.95 90 100% — 78% 96% 0% 0% 0% 0% — — — —
34 SUNY Maritime Environmental Studies 20 72% $84,528 99 +3.25 91 — — 35% 65% 0% 5% 30% 0% 1120 1200 1280 32%
35 Kansas State Natural Sciences 48 95% $84,258 99 +3.22 87 95% — 21% 69% 8% 6% 15% 0% 1060 1160 1260 87%
36 Texas A&M - College Station Agricultural Leadership and Development 44 52% $83,589 84 +0.85 84 97% — 75% 68% 5% 0% 25% 0% 1160 1280 1390 95%
37 Texas A&M - College Station Agribusiness 426 52% $83,589 84 +0.85 84 97% — 59% 76% 0% 2% 17% 0% 1160 1280 1390 95%
38 Texas A&M - College Station Agricultural Economics 324 52% $83,589 84 +0.85 84 97% — 68% 73% 3% 1% 18% 0% 1160 1280 1390 95%
39 Auburn Agricultural Business and Economics 47 47% $83,581 75 +0.85 84 100% — 70% 91% 0% 0% 6% 0% 1280 1330 1370 90%
40 Cal Poly - San Luis Obispo Agribusiness 160 30% $83,159 75 +0.82 87 98% — 61% 61% 2% 0% 24% 0% 1240 1330 1420 23%
41 Oklahoma State Agricultural Business and Management 142 74% $83,130 75 +0.81 86 95% — 48% 70% 0% 0% 3% 15% 1060 1160 1250 80%
42 South Dakota State Agronomy and Crop Science 36 85% $82,672 99 +1.96 89 95% — 78% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% 1060 1150 1240 77%
43 U. of Georgia Food Science 11 34% $82,218 99 +1.74 85 100% — 55% 73% 0% 18% 0% 9% 1250 1340 1420 100%
44 Texas Tech Agricultural Economics 59 69% $82,172 75 +0.73 87 97% — 61% 88% 0% 0% 5% 0% 1090 1190 1280 44%
45 Texas Tech Agricultural and Applied Economics 33 69% $82,172 75 +0.73 87 97% — 61% 88% 0% 0% 12% 0% 1090 1190 1280 44%
46 U. of Missouri Agricultural Systems Technology 16 77% $81,564 75 +0.67 82 100% — 94% 94% 0% 0% 6% 0% 1150 1240 1330 76%
47 Purdue Fermentation Science 39 43% $81,257 99 +1.65 84 91% — 23% 59% 18% 0% 5% 13% 1220 1350 1470 100%
48 Cornell Nutrition Sciences 31 8% $81,090 99 +1.63 65 91% — 13% 26% 45% 6% 6% 10% 1490 1520 1550 56%
49 Montana State Agricultural Business and Management 23 99% $80,925 70 +0.61 83 94% — 61% 87% 0% 0% 9% 4% 1070 1180 1290 43%
50 Mississippi State Agronomy 36 84% $80,706 99 +1.78 83 95% — 72% 89% 0% 8% 3% 0% 1000 1120 1230 88%