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Agricultural Production at Purdue University - Main Campus

If you plan to study agricultural production, take a look at what Purdue University - Main Campus has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Purdue is located in West Lafayette, Indiana and has a total student population of 46,655. Of the 8,338 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Purdue University - Main Campus in 2021, 30 of them were agricultural production majors.

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

Purdue Agricultural Production Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Agricultural Production

Online Classes Are Available at Purdue

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? Purdue offers distance education options for agricultural production at the following degree levels:

  • Master’s Degree

Purdue Agricultural Production Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the agricultural production progam at Purdue compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The agricultural production major at Purdue is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Agricultural Production. 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 Focused Agricultural Production Master’s Degree Schools 17
Most Popular Agricultural Production Schools 26
Most Focused Agricultural Production Schools 154

In 2021, 0 student received their master’s degree in agricultural production from Purdue. This is the #17 most popular school for agricultural production master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do Agricultural Production Graduates from Purdue Make?

The median salary of agricultural production students who receive their bachelor's degree at Purdue is $48,121. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 45% higher than the national average of $33,073 for all agricultural production bachelor's degree recipients.

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Agricultural Production Student Demographics at Purdue

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the agricultural production majors at Purdue University - Main Campus.

Purdue Agricultural Production Bachelor’s Program

33% Women
7% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
Of the 30 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Agricultural Production from Purdue in 2020-2021, 67% were men and 33% were women. The typical agricultural production bachelor's degree program is made up of only 42% men. So male students are more repesented at Purdue since its program graduates 25% more men than average.

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About 93% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in agricultural production at Purdue 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 Purdue University - Main Campus with a bachelor's in agricultural production.

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

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

Careers That Agricultural Production Grads May Go Into

A degree in agricultural production can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for IN, the home state for Purdue University - Main Campus.

Occupation Jobs in IN Average Salary in IN
Farm and Home Management Advisors 550 $45,730
Food Scientists and Technologists 390 $72,760
Conservation Scientists 230 $63,320
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Worker Supervisors 170 $47,880
Soil and Plant Scientists 130 $59,850

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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