General Agriculture at Alcorn State University

If you plan to study general agriculture, take a look at what Alcorn State University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Alcorn State is located in Alcorn State, Mississippi and approximately 3,230 students attend the school each year.

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.

Alcorn State General Agriculture Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Agriculture
• Master’s Degree in Agriculture

Alcorn State General Agriculture Rankings

The agriculture major at Alcorn State is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General Agriculture. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Agriculture Student Demographics at Alcorn State

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

Alcorn State General Agriculture Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 63% of agriculture bachelor's degrees went to men and 37% went to women. The typical agriculture bachelor's degree program is made up of only 43% men. So male students are more repesented at Alcorn State since its program graduates 20% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 75% more racial-ethnic minorities in its agriculture bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	19
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	0
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Alcorn State General Agriculture Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 44% of agriculture master's degrees went to men and 56% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 43% men graduate in agriculture each year. Alcorn State does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 2% more men than average.

In the agriculture master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 89% of degree recipients. That is 64% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	8
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	0
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within General Agriculture

General Agriculture majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Alcorn State University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Agriculture	28

Related Majors

• Agricultural Economics & Business

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 MS, the home state for Alcorn State University.

Occupation	Jobs in MS	Average Salary in MS
Agricultural Sciences Professors	150	$97,550
Soil and Plant Scientists	80	$90,700

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 Jack E. Boucher under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.