Agriculture at Northwest Missouri State University

Every agriculture school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the agriculture program at Northwest Missouri State University stacks up to those at other schools.

Northwest is located in Maryville, Missouri and has a total student population of 7,267.

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

Northwest Agriculture Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Agriculture

Northwest Agriculture Rankings

The agriculture major at Northwest 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 Northwest

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

Northwest Agriculture Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 45% of agriculture bachelor's degrees went to men and 55% went to women. The typical agriculture bachelor's degree program is made up of only 43% men. So male students are more repesented at Northwest since its program graduates 2% more men than average.

About 97% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in agriculture at Northwest are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	28
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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 MO, the home state for Northwest Missouri State University.

Occupation	Jobs in MO	Average Salary in MO
Soil and Plant Scientists	440	$53,030
Agricultural Sciences Professors	240	$102,940
Food Scientists and Technologists	200	$65,190
Animal Scientists	130	$81,780

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 poster under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.