General Agriculture at Western Illinois University

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. In 2021, 75 agriculture majors received their bachelor's degree from WIU.

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 following rankings from College Factual show how the agriculture progam at WIU compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Value General Agriculture Bachelor’s Degree Schools	2
Most Popular General Agriculture Bachelor’s Degree Schools	5
Best Value General Agriculture Schools	5

Earnings of WIU Agriculture Graduates

The median salary of agriculture students who receive their bachelor's degree at WIU is $40,735. This is 16% higher than $35,083, which is the national average for all agriculture bachelor's degree recipients.

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

Of the 75 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in agriculture from WIU in 2021, 52% were men and 48% were women. The typical agriculture bachelor's degree program is made up of only 45% men. So male students are more repesented at WIU since its program graduates 7% more men than average.

About 91% 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	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	68
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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

Related Majors

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
• Image Credit: By IlliniGradResearch under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.