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.
There was only one school in South Dakota to review for the 2025 Best General Agriculture Bachelor's Degree Schools in South Dakota ranking. If you would like to see more options to choose from, check out the Best Bachelor's Degree Schools in the United States ranking..
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 South Dakota.
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 is hard to beat South Dakota State University if you wish to pursue a bachelor's degree in general agriculture. South Dakota State is a fairly large public university located in the remote town of Brookings.
Soon after graduating, agriculture bachelor's recipients typically earn around $49,781 at the beginning of their careers.
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).
