General Agriculture at McNeese State University

What traits are you looking for in a agriculture school? To help you decide if McNeese State University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's agriculture program.

McNeese is located in Lake Charles, Louisiana and approximately 7,284 students attend the school each year. Of the 1,104 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from McNeese State University in 2021, 58 of them were general agriculture majors.

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.

McNeese General Agriculture Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Agriculture

McNeese General Agriculture Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the agriculture progam at McNeese compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The agriculture major at McNeese 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Popular General Agriculture Bachelor’s Degree Schools	10
Most Popular General Agriculture Schools	13
Most Focused General Agriculture Schools	14
Best Value General Agriculture Bachelor’s Degree Schools	27
Best Value General Agriculture Schools	38
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How Much Do Agriculture Graduates from McNeese Make?

The median salary of agriculture students who receive their bachelor's degree at McNeese is $30,681. This is less than $35,083, which is the national average of all agriculture majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Agriculture Student Demographics at McNeese

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

McNeese General Agriculture Bachelor’s Program

Of the 58 students who earned a bachelor's degree in General Agriculture from McNeese in 2020-2021, 41% were men and 59% were women.

About 72% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in agriculture at McNeese are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	42
International Students	8
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

McNeese also has a doctoral program available in agriculture. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

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 LA, the home state for McNeese State University.

Occupation	Jobs in LA	Average Salary in LA
Soil and Plant Scientists	90	$68,100

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 Gkarg under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.