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Animal Husbandry & Production at Merced College

If you plan to study Animal Husbandry & Production, take a look at what Merced College. Get started with the following essential facts.

Merced College sits in Merced, CA.

During the most recent reporting year, 30 animal husbandry & production graduations were recorded at Merced College.

Online Class Availability at Merced College

Online coursework is an option at Merced College. Of 12,472 students, 5,000 (40%) studied exclusively online and 4,027 (32%) took at least some classes online.

Student Demographics & Diversity

The following sections describe the composition of Animal Husbandry & Production graduates at Merced College, broken down by degree level.

Program-wide, Animal Husbandry & Production graduates at Merced College are 70% women (21) and 30% men (9).

Animal Husbandry & Production Associate’s Program at Merced College

Among the 24 associate’s animal husbandry & production degrees awarded at Merced College, 67% were women (16) and 33% were men (8).

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity of Animal Husbandry & Production associate’s degree recipients at Merced College.

Race / Ethnicity	Number of Graduates
White	11
Hispanic / Latino	8
Asian	2
Two or More Races	2
Unknown	1

Minority students account for 50% of Animal Husbandry & Production associate’s degree recipients at Merced College, higher than the national average of 35%.*

*The racial-ethnic minorities figure is the total number of graduates minus White, international (nonresident), and unknown-race graduates.

Best-Paid Careers for Animal Husbandry & Production Graduates

Those who complete Animal Husbandry & Production program at Merced College work across a variety of fields. The table below ranks the highest-paying careers for Animal Husbandry & Production majors, ordered by median annual salary:

Occupation	Nationwide Median Wage
Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers	$84,680
Agricultural Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary	$66,903
Farm and Home Management Educators	$55,950
Animal Breeders	$49,553
First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers	$36,803

References

• IPEDS — Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System
• U.S. Department of Education — College Scorecard
• O*NET Online (Bureau of Labor Statistics)
• National Center for Education Statistics

More about our data sources and methodologies.