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Highest ROI Agriculture & Food Science Majors

Top 50 Agriculture & Food Science college majors by ROI percentile

# 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 Texas Tech Agricultural Economics 59 69% $83,267 91 96% — 61% 88% 0% 0% 5% 0% 1090 1190 1280 44%
4 Texas Tech Agricultural and Applied Economics 33 69% $83,267 91 96% — 61% 88% 0% 0% 12% 0% 1090 1190 1280 44%
5 Cal Poly - San Luis Obispo Agribusiness 160 30% $84,104 91 95% — 61% 61% 2% 0% 24% 0% 1240 1330 1420 23%
6 Kansas State Agricultural Mechanization 15 95% $85,441 91 96% — 87% 87% 0% 7% 0% 7% 1060 1160 1260 87%
7 U. of Massachusetts - Amherst Veterinary and Animal Sciences 68 60% $86,776 91 100% — 16% 75% 7% 1% 12% 1% 1310 1410 1500 25%
8 U. of Arkansas Food Science 18 75% $86,510 90 100% — 33% 44% 0% 6% 33% 0% 1030 1130 1220 100%
9 North Dakota State Crop and Weed Sciences 20 92% $80,404 90 98% — 80% 95% 0% 0% 0% 0% — — — —
10 North Dakota State Sustainable Agriculture 11 92% $80,404 90 98% — 100% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% — — — —
11 Brigham Young Food Science 16 68% $75,203 90 67% — 56% 81% 12% 0% 0% 0% 1290 1360 1430 54%
12 U. of Tennessee, Knoxville Food Science 16 42% $85,687 90 97% — 44% 62% 25% 0% 12% 0% 1200 1290 1370 100%
13 North Dakota State Agricultural Economics 27 92% $78,513 89 100% — 78% 96% 0% 0% 0% 0% — — — —
14 South Dakota State Agricultural Systems Technology 21 85% $77,562 89 100% — 95% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% 1060 1150 1240 77%
15 U. of Georgia Food Science 11 34% $82,221 88 100% — 55% 73% 0% 18% 0% 9% 1250 1340 1420 100%
16 U. of Nebraska, Lincoln Agricultural Mechanization 14 80% $82,361 88 92% — 100% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% 1090 1210 1330 89%
17 Mississippi State Animal and Dairy Sciences 78 84% $82,132 88 94% — 13% 86% 0% 5% 4% 1% 1000 1120 1230 88%
18 Mississippi State Poultry Science 10 84% $82,132 88 94% — 60% 80% 0% 10% 10% 0% 1000 1120 1230 88%
19 San Jose State Environmental Science 36 80% $74,572 88 88% — 42% 22% 22% 0% 44% 0% 1010 1140 1270 10%
20 Fresno State Plant Protection and Integrated Pest Management 61 65% $73,169 87 98% — 75% 15% 2% 0% 75% 2% — — — —
21 Brigham Young Landscape Management 21 68% $70,783 87 84% — 33% 81% 0% 0% 0% 5% 1290 1360 1430 54%
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 Iowa State Agricultural Mechanization 27 85% $79,652 86 98% — 81% 85% 0% 0% 0% 0% 1120 1240 1360 59%
25 Sam Houston State Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations 28 97% $74,151 86 92% — 39% 86% 0% 0% 11% 4% 930 1030 1120 58%
26 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%
27 Sam Houston State Agricultural Mechanization 17 97% $73,862 86 94% — 76% 76% 0% 0% 18% 0% 930 1030 1120 58%
28 South Dakota State Agronomy and Crop Science 36 85% $73,259 86 95% — 78% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% 1060 1150 1240 77%
29 Brigham Young University - Idaho Agricultural Business and Management 13 97% $69,491 86 90% — 69% 92% 0% 0% 8% 0% 970 1090 1200 46%
30 Southeast Missouri State Agricultural Business 37 79% $70,631 86 100% — 43% 84% 0% 3% 3% 5% — — — —
31 U. of Texas at San Antonio Dietetics 19 91% $73,986 85 100% — 21% 32% 11% 0% 53% 0% 1000 1110 1220 68%
32 Brigham Young Soil Science 24 68% $67,792 85 — — 33% 71% 0% 0% 17% 4% 1290 1360 1430 54%
33 Purdue Fermentation Science 39 43% $77,732 84 100% — 23% 59% 18% 0% 5% 13% 1220 1350 1470 100%
34 U. of Missouri Agricultural Systems Technology 16 77% $79,340 84 90% — 94% 94% 0% 0% 6% 0% 1150 1240 1330 76%
35 Pennsylvania State Agribusiness Management 94 55% $80,361 84 95% — 77% 82% 2% 2% 6% 4% 1280 1350 1410 34%
36 Massachusetts Maritime Academy Marine Science, Safety, and Environmental Protection 22 72% $71,447 84 100% — 64% 91% 5% 0% 0% 0% — — — —
37 U. of California, Berkeley Conservation and Resource Studies 79 11% $78,676 84 92% — 27% 24% 29% 5% 15% 11% — — — —
38 Cal Poly - San Luis Obispo Food Science 25 30% $74,222 83 95% — 44% 32% 40% 0% 12% 0% 1240 1330 1420 23%
39 Cal Poly - San Luis Obispo Viticulture and Enology 48 30% $74,222 83 95% — 35% 54% 0% 2% 29% 2% 1240 1330 1420 23%
40 Cal Poly - Pomona Food Science 16 75% $68,513 83 97% — 31% 6% 50% 6% 25% 6% — — — —
41 Louisiana Tech Dietetics 12 72% $71,528 83 98% — 42% 83% 0% 17% 0% 0% 1170 1260 1340 32%
42 Rutgers University - New Brunswick Food Science 15 68% $74,803 83 97% — 27% 47% 20% 0% 27% 0% 1310 1410 1500 55%
43 Mississippi State Forestry 36 84% $75,687 83 94% 6.0% 86% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% 1000 1120 1230 88%
44 U. of Florida Food Science 24 20% $73,326 83 95% — 25% 29% 17% 21% 25% 0% 1330 1410 1490 100%
45 U. of Maryland, College Park Agricultural Economics 23 45% $77,616 83 100% — 52% 43% 4% 22% 4% 13% 1410 1470 1520 44%
46 Southern Illinois University - Carbondale Agriculture 11 92% $67,071 82 96% — 45% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% 900 1030 1160 45%
47 U. of Georgia Agricultural and Applied Economics 56 34% $74,389 82 100% — 55% 84% 0% 2% 9% 2% 1250 1340 1420 100%
48 U. of Georgia Agricultural Economics 22 34% $74,389 82 100% — 27% 64% 9% 23% 5% 0% 1250 1340 1420 100%
49 Virginia Tech Agribusiness 39 55% $75,047 82 100% — 51% 87% 5% 0% 3% 0% 1270 1360 1440 50%
50 Iowa State Farm and Ranch Management 94 85% $74,816 82 97% — 60% 93% 0% 0% 0% 0% 1120 1240 1360 59%