If you plan on getting your bachelor's degree in general agriculture, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #130 in the country in terms of popularity. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.
In 2025, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best General Agriculture Bachelor's Degree Schools in Delaware ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 44 bachelor's degrees in general agriculture to qualified students.
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Average Early-Career Salaries
Average early-career salary of those graduating with their bachelor's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your bachelor's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.
Other Factors We Consider
In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:
Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to general agriculture students as compared to other majors.
Major Demand - The number of general agriculture students who choose to seek a bachelor's degree at the school.
Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
Student Debt - How easy is it for general agriculture to pay back their student loans after receiving their bachelor's degree.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized general agriculture related body.
Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for general agriculture students working on their bachelor's degree.
The agriculture school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best General Agriculture Bachelor's Degree Schools in Delaware.
To further help you make the college decision, we've developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you.
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It's difficult to beat University of Delaware if you wish to pursue a bachelor's degree in general agriculture. UD is a very large public university located in the large suburb of Newark.
Students who graduate with their bachelor's from the agriculture program state that they receive average early career wages of $39,696.
It's hard to beat Delaware State University if you wish to pursue a bachelor's degree in general agriculture. Located in the city of Dover, Del State is a public university with a moderately-sized student population.
Students who graduate with their bachelor's from the agriculture program state that they receive average early career wages of $38,873.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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).
