General Agriculture at Virginia Tech

What traits are you looking for in a agriculture school? To help you decide if Virginia Tech is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's agriculture program.

Virginia Tech is located in Blacksburg, Virginia and has a total student population of 37,024.

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.

Virginia Tech General Agriculture Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Agriculture
• Master’s Degree in Agriculture

Virginia Tech General Agriculture Rankings

The agriculture major at Virginia Tech 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.

Agriculture Student Demographics at Virginia Tech

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

Virginia Tech General Agriculture Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 42% of agriculture bachelor's degrees went to men and 58% went to women.

About 92% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in agriculture at Virginia Tech 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 Virginia Tech with a bachelor's in agriculture.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	11
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Virginia Tech General Agriculture Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 28% of agriculture master's degrees went to men and 73% went to women.

Of the students who received a agriculture master's degree from Virginia Tech, 75% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Virginia Tech with a master's in agriculture.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	30
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within General Agriculture

If you plan to be a agriculture major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Virginia Tech. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Agriculture	44

Related Majors

• Veterinary Biomedical and Clinical Sciences
• Food Science Technology
• Agricultural Production
• Agricultural Economics & Business
• Plant Sciences

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 VA, the home state for Virginia Tech.

Occupation	Jobs in VA	Average Salary in VA
Soil and Plant Scientists	130	$68,660
Food Scientists and Technologists	90	$67,950

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 Eric T Gunther under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.