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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 Earnings ROI Employ Degrees Accept SAT
1 Western Michigan Paper Science and Engineering $101,344 98 100% 10 83% —
2 U. of Maryland, College Park Agricultural and Biological Engineering $99,642 96 97% 16 45% 1470
3 U. of Kentucky Agricultural and Biological Engineering $98,090 96 96% 14 90% 1180
4 Cornell Biological Engineering $96,123 88 — 34 8% 1520
5 U. of Georgia Biological Systems Engineering $94,410 95 100% 41 30% 1380
6 Kansas State Agricultural and Food Products Processing $93,090 95 97% 19 95% 1160
7 Clemson Agricultural and Biological Engineering $91,294 92 100% 17 42% 1330
8 U. of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Agricultural and Consumer Economics $91,044 92 96% 213 37% 1460
9 U. of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Agricultural and Biological Engineering $88,581 90 95% 71 37% 1460
10 Kansas State Agricultural and Biological Engineering $88,529 92 100% 19 95% 1160
11 Oklahoma State Agricultural and Biological Engineering $88,338 93 96% 21 68% 1150
12 Rutgers University - New Brunswick Agricultural and Biological Engineering $88,137 93 100% 17 68% 1410
13 North Carolina State Biological and Agricultural Engineering $87,663 91 97% 35 40% 1380
14 Purdue Agricultural and Biological Engineering $86,975 91 100% 97 43% 1350
15 U. of Massachusetts - Amherst Veterinary and Animal Sciences $86,776 91 100% 68 60% 1410
16 U. of Arkansas Food Science $86,510 91 100% 18 75% 1130
17 U. of Arkansas Biological Engineering $86,106 90 100% 23 75% 1130
18 U. of Tennessee, Knoxville Food Science $85,687 90 97% 16 48% 1290
19 U. of Minnesota - Twin Cities Agricultural and Biological Engineering $85,582 89 100% 22 65% 1400
20 Kansas State Agricultural Mechanization $85,441 91 96% 15 95% 1160
21 Texas A&M University - College Station Biological and Agricultural Engineering $85,116 88 92% 39 52% 1280
22 U. of California, Davis Biological Systems Engineering $84,939 87 — 24 46% —
23 Cal Poly - San Luis Obispo Agribusiness $84,104 91 95% 160 30% 1330
24 South Dakota State Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering $83,782 93 100% 13 85% 1150
25 SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry Bioprocess Engineering $83,640 93 — 20 65% —
26 Pennsylvania State Agricultural and Biological Engineering $83,541 87 95% 17 55% 1350
27 Texas Tech Agricultural Economics $83,267 91 96% 59 69% 1190
28 Texas Tech Agricultural and Applied Economics $83,267 91 96% 33 69% 1190
29 U. of Nebraska, Lincoln Agricultural Mechanization $82,361 89 92% 14 80% 1210
30 U. of Georgia Food Science $82,221 89 100% 11 30% 1380
31 Mississippi State Poultry Science $82,132 88 94% 10 84% 1120
32 Mississippi State Animal and Dairy Sciences $82,132 88 94% 78 84% 1120
33 Iowa State Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering $82,062 88 98% 43 85% 1240
34 Michigan State Agricultural and Biological Engineering $81,729 83 100% 52 83% 1210
35 U. of Minnesota - Twin Cities Agricultural Business and Management $81,217 86 95% 40 65% 1400
36 Cal Poly - San Luis Obispo Agricultural and Biological Engineering $81,190 89 100% 22 30% 1330
37 Auburn Biosystems Engineering $81,140 86 100% 47 47% 1330
38 Virginia Tech Biological Systems Engineering $81,085 87 97% 45 55% 1360
39 Cornell Food Science $81,012 73 93% 21 8% 1520
40 U. of Wisconsin - Madison Biological Systems Engineering $80,551 83 97% 33 41% 1450
41 North Dakota State Crop and Weed Sciences $80,404 90 98% 20 92% —
42 North Dakota State Sustainable Agriculture $80,404 90 98% 11 92% —
43 Pennsylvania State Agribusiness Management $80,361 84 95% 94 55% 1350
44 Tulane Environmental Studies $79,890 68 97% 24 14% 1470
45 Duke Environmental Studies $79,833 66 97% 31 5% 1540
46 Iowa State Agricultural Mechanization $79,652 86 98% 27 85% 1240
47 U. of Georgia Forestry $79,603 87 96% 19 30% 1380
48 U. of Georgia Nutritional Sciences $79,427 87 93% 87 30% 1380
49 U. of Missouri Agricultural Systems Technology $79,340 84 90% 16 77% 1240
50 U. of Nebraska, Lincoln Biological Systems Engineering $78,856 86 100% 28 80% 1210