Agronomy & Crop Science at Virginia Tech

If you plan to study agronomy & crop science, take a look at what Virginia Tech has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

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 Agronomy & Crop Science section at the bottom of this page.

Virginia Tech Agronomy & Crop Science Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Agronomy and Crop Science
• Master’s Degree in Agronomy and Crop Science

Virginia Tech Agronomy & Crop Science Rankings

The agronomy and crop science major at Virginia Tech is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Agronomy & Crop Science. 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.

There were 3 students who received their doctoral degrees in agronomy and crop science, making the school the #15 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Agronomy and Crop Science Student Demographics at Virginia Tech

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the agronomy and crop science majors at Virginia Tech.

Virginia Tech Agronomy & Crop Science Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 71% of agronomy and crop science bachelor's degrees went to men and 29% went to women.

About 86% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in agronomy and crop science 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 agronomy and crop science.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	12
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Virginia Tech Agronomy & Crop Science Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of agronomy and crop science master's degrees went to men and 50% went to women.

Of the students who received a agronomy and crop science master's degree from Virginia Tech, 67% were white. This is below average 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 agronomy and crop science.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	4
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Related Majors

• Horticultural Science

Careers That Agronomy and Crop Science Grads May Go Into

A degree in agronomy and crop science 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
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Worker Supervisors	680	$54,190
Soil and Plant Scientists	130	$68,660
Farmers, Ranchers, and Agricultural Managers	40	$84,630

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.