General Agriculture at University of Georgia

If you plan to study general agriculture, take a look at what University of Georgia has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

UGA is located in Athens, Georgia and approximately 39,147 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 14 students received a bachelor's degree in agriculture from UGA.

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.

UGA General Agriculture Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Agriculture

UGA General Agriculture Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the agriculture progam at UGA 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 UGA 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
Best Value General Agriculture Bachelor’s Degree Schools	32
Most Focused General Agriculture Schools	134

Agriculture Student Demographics at UGA

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

UGA General Agriculture Bachelor’s Program

The agriculture program at UGA awarded 14 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 50% of these degrees went to men with the other 50% going to women. The typical agriculture bachelor's degree program is made up of only 45% men. So male students are more repesented at UGA since its program graduates 5% more men than average.

About 93% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in agriculture at UGA 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 University of Georgia with a bachelor's in agriculture.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	13
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• Agricultural Production
• Horticulture
• Soil Sciences
• Agricultural Public Services
• Food Science Technology

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 GA, the home state for University of Georgia.

Occupation	Jobs in GA	Average Salary in GA
Food Scientists and Technologists	630	$65,500
Agricultural Sciences Professors	320	$116,600
Soil and Plant Scientists	190	$65,820
Animal Scientists	40	$62,210

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 Pruddle under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.