General Agriculture at Texas State University

Every general agriculture school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the agriculture program at Texas State University stacks up to those at other schools.

Texas State is located in San Marcos, Texas and has a total student population of 37,812. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 7 students received their master's degree in agriculture.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in General Agriculture section at the bottom of this page.

Texas State General Agriculture Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Agriculture

Texas State General Agriculture Rankings

Agriculture Student Demographics at Texas State

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the agriculture majors at Texas State University.

Texas State General Agriculture Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 7 agriculture majors earned their master's degree from Texas State. Of these graduates, 43% were men and 57% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 37% men graduate in agriculture each year. Texas State does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 6% more men than average.

Of the students who received a agriculture master's degree from Texas State, 71% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Texas State University with a master's in agriculture.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	5
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

Careers That Agriculture Grads May Go Into

A degree in agriculture can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for TX, the home state for Texas State University.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Agricultural Sciences Professors	1,010	$93,580
Soil and Plant Scientists	690	$68,150
Food Scientists and Technologists	620	$67,500
Animal Scientists	290	$52,360

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Billy Hathorn under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.