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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 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 South Dakota State Agronomy 11 85% $92,994 100 +2.91 95 — — 91% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% 1060 1150 1240 77%
4 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%
5 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%
6 U. of Findlay Pre-Veterinary Studies 83 84% $99,826 100 +4.89 93 99% — 23% 81% 4% 2% 5% 0% — — — —
7 Kansas State Agricultural Mechanization 15 95% $95,274 100 +3.12 93 100% — 87% 87% 0% 7% 0% 7% 1060 1160 1260 87%
8 North Dakota State Crop and Weed Sciences 20 92% $89,685 100 +2.61 93 96% — 80% 95% 0% 0% 0% 0% — — — —
9 North Dakota State Sustainable Agriculture 11 92% $89,685 100 +2.61 93 96% — 100% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% — — — —
10 North Carolina State Forest Biomaterials 49 40% $93,717 100 +2.98 92 98% — 53% 76% 6% 6% 2% 0% 1310 1380 1440 40%
11 North Carolina State Forestry 16 40% $93,717 100 +2.98 92 98% — 75% 94% 0% 0% 0% 0% 1310 1380 1440 40%
12 Cal State Bakersfield Agricultural Business 16 80% $85,316 92 +1.01 91 — — 56% 25% 0% 0% 69% 0% — — — —
13 SUNY Maritime Environmental Studies 20 72% $84,528 99 +3.25 91 — — 35% 65% 0% 5% 30% 0% 1120 1200 1280 32%
14 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%
15 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%
16 U. of Georgia Agricultural Economics 22 34% $90,118 95 +1.44 90 96% — 27% 64% 9% 23% 5% 0% 1250 1340 1420 100%
17 Southern Arkansas Agribusiness 40 63% $85,392 92 +1.02 90 89% — 48% 92% 0% 5% 0% 0% 870 990 1100 100%
18 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%
19 North Dakota State Agricultural Economics 27 92% $84,682 91 +0.95 90 100% — 78% 96% 0% 0% 0% 0% — — — —
20 Howard Nutritional Sciences 10 42% $89,171 99 +2.40 90 — — 10% 0% 0% 90% 0% 0% 1050 1160 1270 62%
21 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%
22 U. of Idaho Agricultural Business 24 75% $88,004 95 +1.25 89 94% — 62% 83% 0% 0% 4% 0% 990 1110 1230 57%
23 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%
24 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%
25 Brigham Young Landscape Management 21 68% $76,838 99 +1.42 88 85% — 33% 81% 0% 0% 0% 5% 1290 1360 1430 54%
26 Purdue Agricultural Mechanization 19 43% $86,880 99 +2.35 88 100% — 100% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% 1220 1350 1470 100%
27 Iowa State Agricultural Mechanization 27 88% $86,126 99 +2.28 88 100% — 81% 85% 0% 0% 0% 0% 1150 1260 1360 57%
28 Texas Tech Agricultural Economics 59 69% $82,172 75 +0.73 87 97% — 61% 88% 0% 0% 5% 0% 1090 1190 1280 44%
29 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%
30 U. of Arkansas Food Science 18 74% $86,510 99 +2.15 87 100% — 33% 44% 0% 6% 33% 0% 1020 1120 1210 100%
31 South Dakota State Agricultural Systems Technology 21 85% $79,164 61 +0.46 87 100% — 95% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% 1060 1150 1240 77%
32 Brigham Young Food Science 16 68% $75,202 93 +1.07 87 67% — 56% 81% 12% 0% 0% 0% 1290 1360 1430 54%
33 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%
34 Kansas State Natural Sciences 48 95% $84,258 99 +3.22 87 95% — 21% 69% 8% 6% 15% 0% 1060 1160 1260 87%
35 United States Coast Guard Academy Marine and Environmental Sciences 29 22% $69,676 91 +1.38 86 — — 24% 62% 0% 0% 14% 7% 1240 1320 1400 83%
36 Alcorn State Agricultural Business and Management 22 39% $76,471 53 +0.21 86 91% — 32% 0% 0% 100% 0% 0% 670 830 990 100%
37 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%
38 Pennsylvania State Food Science 33 55% $87,843 99 +2.27 86 96% — 27% 67% 12% 0% 3% 12% 1280 1350 1410 34%
39 Brigham Young Plant and Wildlife Sciences 111 68% $73,382 93 +1.10 86 75% — 70% 80% 3% 2% 8% 2% 1290 1360 1430 54%
40 Chico State Agronomy and Crop Science 36 91% $76,165 99 +1.36 86 95% — 53% 58% 0% 0% 28% 0% 940 1060 1170 4%
41 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%
42 Sam Houston State Agricultural Mechanization 17 94% $77,483 99 +1.48 85 100% — 76% 76% 0% 0% 18% 0% 930 1030 1120 100%
43 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%
44 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%
45 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%
46 U. of Georgia Food Science 11 34% $82,218 99 +1.74 85 100% — 55% 73% 0% 18% 0% 9% 1250 1340 1420 100%
47 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%
48 Fresno State Plant Protection and Integrated Pest Management 61 65% $74,567 97 +1.21 85 92% — 75% 15% 2% 0% 75% 2% — — — —
49 Massachusetts Maritime Academy Marine Science, Safety, and Environmental Protection 22 72% $76,722 98 +2.27 85 100% — 64% 91% 5% 0% 0% 0% — — — —
50 Southern Illinois University - Carbondale Agricultural Economics 19 94% $73,235 40 -0.08 84 100% — 42% 89% 0% 5% 0% 0% 890 1040 1180 48%