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2023 Most Popular Agriculture Schools in the Great Lakes Region

14 Colleges
$41,498 Avg Salary
$18,038 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Agriculture & Agriculture Operations School for You

Agriculture & Agriculture Operations is the #21 most popular major in the country with 7,531 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Most Popular Agriculture Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 14 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Agriculture & Agriculture Operations program at each school on the list.

Check out the agriculture and agriculture operations programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the Great Lakes Region .

Our 2023 rankings named University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign the most popular school in the Great Lakes Region for agriculture and agriculture operations students. UIUC is a very large public school located in the small city of Champaign.

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#2

Michigan State University

East Lansing, MI

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Michigan State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Agriculture Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the city of East Lansing, Michigan State is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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#3

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, IN

The excellent programs at Purdue University - Main Campus helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best agriculture and agriculture operations schools in the Great Lakes Region . Purdue is a very large public school located in the small city of West Lafayette.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Ohio State University - Main Campus is a great place for agriculture and agriculture operations students. Ohio State is a fairly large public school located in the city of Columbus.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Wisconsin - Madison. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Most Popular Agriculture Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. UW - Madison is a very large public school located in the city of Madison.

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Illinois Institute of Technology did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for agriculture and agriculture operations students. It came in at #6 on the list. Illinois Tech is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Chicago.

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With a ranking of #7, University of Wisconsin - Stout did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for agriculture and agriculture operations students. Located in the town of Menomonie, UW - Stout is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

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Southern Illinois University Carbondale ranked #8 on this year’s Most Popular Agriculture Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the small city of Carbondale, SIUC is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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Illinois State University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Agriculture Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Located in the suburb of Normal, Illinois State is a public school with a very large student population.

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University of Cincinnati - Main Campus did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for agriculture and agriculture operations students. It came in at #10 on the list. Located in the large city of Cincinnati, UC is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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Best Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Colleges by State

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State Degrees Awarded
Illinois 326
Indiana 180
Ohio 248
Wisconsin 167
Michigan 212

Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Plant Sciences 912
Food Science Technology 692
Animal Science 596
Agricultural Economics & Business 410
General Agriculture 353
Agricultural Public Services 179
Agricultural Production 163
Soil Sciences 158
Other Agriculture 104
International Agriculture 46
Horticulture 15
Animal Services 8
Food Processing 2

Related Major Annual Graduates
Engineering 61,791
Computer & Information Sciences 60,971
Biological & Biomedical Sciences 28,851
Mathematics & Statistics 15,127
Physical Sciences 12,705

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 14 schools only.

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to W.carter.

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