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General Agriculture at Southern Illinois University Carbondale

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General Agriculture at Southern Illinois University Carbondale

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

SIUC is located in Carbondale, Illinois and approximately 11,366 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 11 agriculture majors received their bachelor's degree from SIUC.

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.

SIUC General Agriculture Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Agriculture

SIUC General Agriculture Rankings

The agriculture major at SIUC 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.

Earnings of SIUC Agriculture Graduates

The median salary of agriculture students who receive their bachelor's degree at SIUC is $41,596. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 19% higher than the national average of $35,083 for all agriculture bachelor's degree recipients.

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Agriculture Student Demographics at SIUC

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

SIUC General Agriculture Bachelor’s Program

27% Women
Of the 11 students who earned a bachelor's degree in General Agriculture from SIUC in 2020-2021, 73% were men and 27% were women. The typical agriculture bachelor's degree program is made up of only 45% men. So male students are more repesented at SIUC since its program graduates 28% more men than average.

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About 100% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in agriculture at SIUC 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 Southern Illinois University Carbondale with a bachelor's in agriculture.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 11
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

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

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 IL, the home state for Southern Illinois University Carbondale.

Occupation Jobs in IL Average Salary in IL
Food Scientists and Technologists 760 $89,700
Agricultural Sciences Professors 380 $88,640
Soil and Plant Scientists 350 $58,950
Animal Scientists 80 $54,610

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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