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General Agriculture at Virginia State University

General Agriculture at Virginia State University

Every general agriculture school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the agriculture program at Virginia State University stacks up to those at other schools.

Virginia State is located in Petersburg, Virginia and has a total student population of 4,020.

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 State General Agriculture Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Agriculture

Virginia State General Agriculture Rankings

The agriculture major at Virginia State 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 State

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

Virginia State General Agriculture Bachelor’s Program

50% Women
93% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 50% of agriculture bachelor's degrees went to men and 50% went to women. The typical agriculture bachelor's degree program is made up of only 43% men. So male students are more repesented at Virginia State since its program graduates 7% more men than average.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 68% more racial-ethnic minorities in its agriculture bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

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

Concentrations Within General Agriculture

The following agriculture concentations are available at Virginia State University. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Virginia State University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Agriculture 20

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 State University.

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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