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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 ROI Employ Debt-to-Earn Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl SAT p25 SAT p50 SAT p75 Submit %
1 Kansas State Agricultural and Food Products Processing 19 95% $93,090 95 97% — 47% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% 1060 1160 1260 87%
2 U. of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Agricultural and Consumer Economics 213 37% $91,044 92 96% — 75% 64% 11% 6% 11% 4% 1390 1460 1520 57%
3 U. of Massachusetts - Amherst Veterinary and Animal Sciences 68 60% $86,776 91 100% — 16% 75% 7% 1% 12% 1% 1310 1410 1500 25%
4 U. of Arkansas Food Science 18 75% $86,510 90 100% — 33% 44% 0% 6% 33% 0% 1030 1130 1220 100%
5 U. of Tennessee, Knoxville Food Science 16 42% $85,687 90 97% — 44% 62% 25% 0% 12% 0% 1200 1290 1370 100%
6 Kansas State Agricultural Mechanization 15 95% $85,441 91 96% — 87% 87% 0% 7% 0% 7% 1060 1160 1260 87%
7 Cal Poly - San Luis Obispo Agribusiness 160 30% $84,104 91 95% — 61% 61% 2% 0% 24% 0% 1240 1330 1420 23%
8 Texas Tech Agricultural Economics 59 69% $83,267 91 96% — 61% 88% 0% 0% 5% 0% 1090 1190 1280 44%
9 Texas Tech Agricultural and Applied Economics 33 69% $83,267 91 96% — 61% 88% 0% 0% 12% 0% 1090 1190 1280 44%
10 U. of Nebraska, Lincoln Agricultural Mechanization 14 80% $82,361 88 92% — 100% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% 1090 1210 1330 89%
11 U. of Georgia Food Science 11 34% $82,221 88 100% — 55% 73% 0% 18% 0% 9% 1250 1340 1420 100%
12 Mississippi State Animal and Dairy Sciences 78 84% $82,132 88 94% — 13% 86% 0% 5% 4% 1% 1000 1120 1230 88%
13 Mississippi State Poultry Science 10 84% $82,132 88 94% — 60% 80% 0% 10% 10% 0% 1000 1120 1230 88%
14 U. of Minnesota - Twin Cities Agricultural Business and Management 40 65% $81,217 86 95% — 45% 82% 5% 0% 8% 0% 1300 1400 1500 41%
15 Cornell Food Science 21 8% $81,012 73 93% — 33% 43% 38% 5% 10% 5% 1490 1520 1550 56%
16 North Dakota State Crop and Weed Sciences 20 92% $80,404 90 98% — 80% 95% 0% 0% 0% 0% — — — —
17 North Dakota State Sustainable Agriculture 11 92% $80,404 90 98% — 100% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% — — — —
18 Pennsylvania State Agribusiness Management 94 55% $80,361 84 95% — 77% 82% 2% 2% 6% 4% 1280 1350 1410 34%
19 Tulane Environmental Studies 24 14% $79,890 68 97% — 21% 50% 21% 4% 12% 0% 1430 1470 1500 38%
20 Duke Environmental Studies 31 5% $79,833 66 97% — 23% 48% 13% 10% 6% 13% 1510 1540 1570 75%
21 Iowa State Agricultural Mechanization 27 85% $79,652 86 98% — 81% 85% 0% 0% 0% 0% 1120 1240 1360 59%
22 U. of Georgia Forestry 19 34% $79,603 87 96% — 79% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% 1250 1340 1420 100%
23 U. of Georgia Nutritional Sciences 87 34% $79,427 87 93% — 7% 75% 7% 11% 2% 1% 1250 1340 1420 100%
24 U. of Missouri Agricultural Systems Technology 16 77% $79,340 84 90% — 94% 94% 0% 0% 6% 0% 1150 1240 1330 76%
25 U. of California, Berkeley Conservation and Resource Studies 79 11% $78,676 84 92% — 27% 24% 29% 5% 15% 11% — — — —
26 Loyola Marymount Natural Science 53 48% $78,653 77 100% — 34% 26% 23% 6% 36% 4% 1260 1340 1410 27%
27 North Dakota State Agricultural Economics 27 92% $78,513 89 100% — 78% 96% 0% 0% 0% 0% — — — —
28 U. of Findlay Pre-Veterinary Studies 83 84% $78,364 82 98% — 23% 81% 4% 2% 5% 0% — — — —
29 Colgate Environmental Studies 43 18% $78,336 70 96% — 49% 77% 0% 2% 5% 2% 1450 1480 1510 39%
30 Purdue Fermentation Science 39 43% $77,732 84 100% — 23% 59% 18% 0% 5% 13% 1220 1350 1470 100%
31 U. of Maryland, College Park Agricultural Economics 23 45% $77,616 83 100% — 52% 43% 4% 22% 4% 13% 1410 1470 1520 44%
32 Pennsylvania State Agricultural Operations 20 55% $77,582 82 100% — 50% 65% 10% 0% 15% 0% 1280 1350 1410 34%
33 South Dakota State Agricultural Systems Technology 21 85% $77,562 89 100% — 95% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% 1060 1150 1240 77%
34 U. of Wisconsin - Madison Agricultural and Applied Economics 10 41% $77,198 79 95% — 60% 90% 0% 0% 0% 10% 1400 1450 1490 41%
35 U. of Wisconsin - Madison Agricultural Business Management 18 41% $77,198 79 95% — 50% 83% 11% 0% 6% 0% 1400 1450 1490 41%
36 Pennsylvania State Food Science 33 55% $77,196 81 91% — 27% 67% 12% 0% 3% 12% 1280 1350 1410 34%
37 U. of Wisconsin - Madison Food Science 13 41% $76,546 79 100% — 62% 85% 0% 0% 0% 15% 1400 1450 1490 41%
38 Boston College Environmental Studies 30 14% $76,521 66 100% — 37% 70% 10% 3% 7% 3% 1440 1490 1540 45%
39 Texas A&M University - College Station Agricultural Economics 324 52% $76,410 81 94% — 68% 73% 3% 1% 18% 0% 1160 1280 1390 95%
40 Texas A&M University - College Station Agricultural Leadership and Development 44 52% $76,410 81 94% — 75% 68% 5% 0% 25% 0% 1160 1280 1390 95%
41 Texas A&M University - College Station Agribusiness 426 52% $76,410 81 94% — 59% 76% 0% 2% 17% 0% 1160 1280 1390 95%
42 Clemson Agricultural Economics 29 42% $76,017 80 98% — 52% 97% 0% 0% 0% 0% 1250 1330 1400 55%
43 Clemson Agricultural Business and Management 28 42% $76,017 80 98% — 89% 93% 0% 4% 4% 0% 1250 1330 1400 55%
44 Mississippi State Forestry 36 84% $75,687 83 94% 6.0% 86% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% 1000 1120 1230 88%
45 American University Environmental Studies 23 66% $75,369 72 100% — 30% 70% 9% 4% 9% 0% 1320 1380 1440 22%
46 American University Environmental Science 28 66% $75,369 72 100% — 29% 68% 4% 7% 14% 0% 1320 1380 1440 22%
47 U. of Arkansas Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations 89 75% $75,305 82 100% 4.1% 71% 92% 0% 0% 4% 0% 1030 1130 1220 100%
48 Brigham Young Food Science 16 68% $75,203 90 67% — 56% 81% 12% 0% 0% 0% 1290 1360 1430 54%
49 Purdue Agricultural Economics 24 43% $75,120 82 95% — 71% 67% 0% 4% 4% 17% 1220 1350 1470 100%
50 Purdue Agribusiness 120 43% $75,120 82 95% — 52% 86% 2% 1% 0% 6% 1220 1350 1470 100%