The 50 colleges that score highest for Agriculture on public federal data: selectivity, graduate earnings, program size, academic strength and graduate depth. It is a starting point for your research, not a judgment of quality.
50 colleges · each name links to its page, with sources · data snapshot October 2, 2026 · Updated October 2, 2026
How we rank programs · showing the top 50 of 50 core colleges ranked, those with enough graduates and earnings data · All top-programs lists
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| Rank | College | State | What we measured | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cornell University | NY | Median earnings $103,959 · 428 graduates last year · 10% of the school's degrees | |
| 2 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | IL | Median earnings $71,981 · 505 graduates last year · 5% of the school's degrees | |
| 3 | University of Florida | FL | Median earnings $56,824 · 287 graduates last year · 3% of the school's degrees | |
| 4 | Texas A&M University-College Station | TX | Median earnings $66,663 · 1,127 graduates last year · 8% of the school's degrees | |
| 5 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | WI | Median earnings $71,587 · 168 graduates last year · 2% of the school's degrees | |
| 6 | Purdue University-Main Campus | IN | Median earnings $62,081 · 431 graduates last year · 5% of the school's degrees | |
| 7 | University of Maryland-College Park | MD | Median earnings $67,137 · 135 graduates last year · 2% of the school's degrees | |
| 8 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | OH | Median earnings $63,772 · 284 graduates last year · 2% of the school's degrees | |
| 9 | University of Georgia | GA | Median earnings $68,104 · 179 graduates last year · 2% of the school's degrees | |
| 10 | University of California-Davis | CA | Median earnings $53,162 · 468 graduates last year · 5% of the school's degrees | |
| 11 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | NJ | Median earnings $62,500 · 128 graduates last year · 2% of the school's degrees | |
| 12 | North Carolina State University at Raleigh | NC | Median earnings $58,070 · 451 graduates last year · 7% of the school's degrees | |
| 13 | University of Missouri-Columbia | MO | Median earnings $60,156 · 263 graduates last year · 4% of the school's degrees | |
| 14 | Michigan State University | MI | Median earnings $58,928 · 283 graduates last year · 3% of the school's degrees | |
| 15 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | TN | Median earnings $59,253 · 213 graduates last year · 3% of the school's degrees | |
| 16 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | PA | Median earnings $59,755 · 403 graduates last year · 4% of the school's degrees | |
| 17 | Auburn University | AL | Median earnings $56,775 · 204 graduates last year · 3% of the school's degrees | |
| 18 | University of Minnesota-Twin Cities | MN | Median earnings $59,060 · 167 graduates last year · 2% of the school's degrees | |
| 19 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | VA | Median earnings $53,708 · 268 graduates last year · 3% of the school's degrees | |
| 20 | Clemson University | SC | Median earnings $56,033 · 336 graduates last year · 6% of the school's degrees | |
| 21 | Kansas State University | KS | Median earnings $60,183 · 431 graduates last year · 12% of the school's degrees | |
| 22 | Iowa State University | IA | Median earnings $60,287 · 680 graduates last year · 11% of the school's degrees | |
| 23 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | MA | Median earnings $56,130 · 210 graduates last year · 3% of the school's degrees | |
| 24 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | OK | Median earnings $56,144 · 522 graduates last year · 10% of the school's degrees | |
| 25 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | NE | Median earnings $59,038 · 352 graduates last year · 8% of the school's degrees | |
| 26 | University of Arkansas | AR | Median earnings $59,936 · 213 graduates last year · 4% of the school's degrees | |
| 27 | University of Connecticut | CT | Median earnings $55,178 · 150 graduates last year · 3% of the school's degrees | |
| 28 | Oregon State University | OR | Median earnings $57,242 · 243 graduates last year · 4% of the school's degrees | |
| 29 | Texas Tech University | TX | Median earnings $59,357 · 441 graduates last year · 6% of the school's degrees | |
| 30 | University of California-Santa Cruz | CA | Median earnings $68,396 (college-wide) · 36 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 31 | Mississippi State University | MS | Median earnings $53,919 · 274 graduates last year · 6% of the school's degrees | |
| 32 | University of Delaware | DE | Median earnings $56,674 · 138 graduates last year · 3% of the school's degrees | |
| 33 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | CA | Median earnings $73,630 · 582 graduates last year · 12% of the school's degrees | |
| 34 | University of Arizona | AZ | Median earnings $47,792 · 203 graduates last year · 3% of the school's degrees | |
| 35 | University of Vermont | VT | Median earnings $46,661 · 101 graduates last year · 4% of the school's degrees | |
| 36 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | LA | Median earnings $43,797 · 166 graduates last year · 3% of the school's degrees | |
| 37 | North Dakota State University-Main Campus | ND | Median earnings $64,652 · 159 graduates last year · 7% of the school's degrees | |
| 38 | University of Kentucky | KY | Median earnings $54,401 · 203 graduates last year · 4% of the school's degrees | |
| 39 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | CO | Median earnings $49,835 · 282 graduates last year · 5% of the school's degrees | |
| 40 | Brigham Young University | UT | Median earnings $71,066 · 57 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 41 | University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez | PR | Median earnings $36,427 · 189 graduates last year · 12% of the school's degrees | |
| 42 | West Virginia University | WV | Median earnings $55,999 · 189 graduates last year · 4% of the school's degrees | |
| 43 | South Dakota State University | SD | Median earnings $61,708 · 228 graduates last year · 11% of the school's degrees | |
| 44 | Washington State University | WA | Median earnings $51,421 · 147 graduates last year · 3% of the school's degrees | |
| 45 | Montana State University | MT | Median earnings $55,744 · 100 graduates last year · 4% of the school's degrees | |
| 46 | Utah State University | UT | Median earnings $46,609 · 148 graduates last year · 3% of the school's degrees | |
| 47 | University of Idaho | ID | Median earnings $49,547 · 137 graduates last year · 8% of the school's degrees | |
| 48 | University of Rhode Island | RI | Median earnings $49,937 · 88 graduates last year · 2% of the school's degrees | |
| 49 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | FL | Median earnings $44,349 (college-wide) · 57 graduates last year · 4% of the school's degrees | |
| 50 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | CA | Median earnings $56,610 · 263 graduates last year · 4% of the school's degrees |
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