General Agriculture at Western Illinois University

8% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

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

WIU is located in Macomb, Illinois and approximately 7,490 students attend the school each year.

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.

WIU General Agriculture Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Agriculture

WIU General Agriculture Rankings

The agriculture major at WIU 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 WIU

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

WIU General Agriculture Bachelor’s Program

41% Women

8% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 59% of agriculture bachelor's degrees went to men and 41% went to women. The typical agriculture bachelor's degree program is made up of only 43% men. So male students are more repesented at WIU since its program graduates 17% more men than average.

About 90% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in agriculture at WIU 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 Western Illinois University with a bachelor's in agriculture.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	71
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Concentrations Within General Agriculture

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

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Agriculture	75

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 Western Illinois University.

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.

College Factual
National Center for Education Statistics
O*NET Online
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