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2023 Most Popular Online Agriculture Associate Degree Schools

29 Colleges
$33,711 Avg Salary
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In 2020-2021, 49,899 people earned a degree or certificate in agriculture and agriculture operations, making the major the #21 most popular in the United States.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Most Popular Online Agriculture Associate Degree Schools ranking. Our analysis looked at 29 schools in the United States to see which online associate degree programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Online Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Associate Degree Colleges.

Our 2023 rankings named Utah State University the most popular online school in the United States for agriculture and agriculture operations students working on their associate degree. USU is a very large public school located in the small city of Logan.

Of the 51 students majoring in agriculture and agriculture operations at USU, 45% are male and 55% are female.

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#2

Casper College

Casper, WY

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Casper College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Agriculture Associate Degree Schools list. Casper College is a small public school located in the small city of Casper.

About 56% of the students majoring in agriculture and agriculture operations at the school are women while 44% are male.

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#3

Walla Walla Community College

Walla Walla, WA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Walla Walla Community College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Agriculture Associate Degree Schools list. Located in the small city of Walla Walla, Walla Walla Community College is a public school with a small student population.

Women make up 39% of the agriculture and agriculture operations majors at the school.

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#4

Ridgewater College

Willmar, MN

The in-demand online associate degree programs at Ridgewater College helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best agriculture and agriculture operations schools in the United States. Ridgewater College is a small public school located in the town of Willmar.

Women make up 88% of the agriculture and agriculture operations majors at the school.

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Out of the 29 online programs at schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, NorthWest Arkansas Community College landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the city of Bentonville, NWACC is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

Women make up 58% of the agriculture and agriculture operations majors at the school.

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Stautzenberger College - Maumee did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular online places for agriculture and agriculture operations students to get a associate degree. It came in at #6 on the list. Stautzenberger College - Maumee is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the suburb of Maumee.

Women make up 94% of the agriculture and agriculture operations majors at the school.

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#7

Southeastern Community College

West Burlington, IA

Southeastern Community College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular online places for agriculture and agriculture operations students to get a associate degree. It came in at #7 on the list. Southeastern Community College is a small public school located in the town of West Burlington.

About 40% of the students majoring in agriculture and agriculture operations at the school are women while 60% are male.

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With a ranking of #8, University of Northwestern Ohio did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for agriculture and agriculture operations students working on their online associate degree. Located in the suburb of Lima, University of Northwestern Ohio is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Of the 97 students majoring in agriculture and agriculture operations at University of Northwestern Ohio, 85% are male and 15% are female.

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Southwestern Community College ranked #9 on this year’s Most Popular Online Agriculture Associate Degree Schools list. Located in the town of Creston, SWCC is a public school with a small student population.

Women make up 50% of the agriculture and agriculture operations majors at the school.

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Northwest Iowa Community College landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular online associate degree agriculture and agriculture operations programs. Located in the rural area of Sheldon, Northwest Iowa Community College is a public school with a small student population.

Of the 6 students majoring in agriculture and agriculture operations at Northwest Iowa Community College, 67% are male and 33% are female.

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Agriculture & Agriculture Operations Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Veterinary/Animal Health Technologies/Technicians 8,646
Animal Science 8,294
Agricultural Economics & Business 8,098
General Agriculture 3,370
Horticulture 3,234
Plant Sciences 3,175
Agricultural Production 3,066
Food Science Technology 2,532
Agricultural Mechanization 1,280
Animal Services 990
Agricultural Public Services 845
Other Agriculture 602
Agriculture/Veterinary Preparatory Programs 527
Soil Sciences 406
Food Processing 237
International Agriculture 122
Veterinary Administrative Services 118

Majors Similar to Agriculture & Agriculture Operations

Related Major Annual Graduates
Computer & Information Sciences 254,454
Engineering 198,468
Biological & Biomedical Sciences 177,778
Engineering Technologies 85,188
Mathematics & Statistics 52,396

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 29 schools only.

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to W.carter.

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