Agriculture at Cornell University

If you are interested in studying agriculture, you may want to check out the program at Cornell University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Cornell is located in Ithaca, New York and approximately 23,620 students attend the school each year.

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

Cornell Agriculture Degrees Available

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

Cornell Agriculture Rankings

The agriculture major at Cornell is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for 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 Cornell

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

Cornell Agriculture Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 46% of agriculture bachelor's degrees went to men and 54% went to women. The typical agriculture bachelor's degree program is made up of only 43% men. So male students are more repesented at Cornell since its program graduates 3% more men than average.

About 56% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in agriculture at Cornell are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 12% 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 Cornell University with a bachelor's in agriculture.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	11
White	32
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Cornell Agriculture Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 56% of agriculture master's degrees went to men and 44% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 43% men graduate in agriculture each year. Cornell does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 13% more men than average.

Of the students who received a agriculture master's degree from Cornell, 51% were white. This is below average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	23
International Students	12
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

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 NY, the home state for Cornell University.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Food Scientists and Technologists	480	$61,630
Agricultural Sciences Professors	390	$99,920
Soil and Plant Scientists	140	$83,530
Animal Scientists	130	$62,140

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 Notyourbroom under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.