Top Virginia Agriculture Schools : Programs, Colleges, Degrees, Courses, Classes, Certification, Training

Agriculture Schools in Virginia

Virginia contains twelve schools that offer agriculture programs. Eastern Mennonite University, the highest-ranking agriculture school in VA, has a total student population of 1,525 and is the 300th highest ranked school in America.

Of the 12 agriculture schools in Virginia, only 3 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Averett University comes out as the most expensive ($20,544/yr), with Dabney S Lancaster Community College as the lowest recorded at only $4,009/yr.

Agriculture students from Virginia schools who go on to become agriculturalists, farmers, agricultural engineers, agricultural scientists, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. Also, Farmers and ranchers make on average $42,710 per year and there are about 520 of them employed in the US today.

Also, within the agriculture schools in Virginia, the average student population is 3,287 and average student-to-faculty ratio is 16 to 1. Aside from agriculture, there are 3782 total degree (or certificate) programs in the state, with 2,568 people on average applying for a school. Undergraduate tuition costs are normally around $4,181, but can vary widely depending on the type of school.

Agriculture Programs in Virginia

Eastern Mennonite University

Agriculture, agriculture operations, and related sciences

Levels offered: Bachelors
International Agriculture

Levels offered: Bachelors

Virginia State University

Agriculture, agriculture operations, and related sciences

Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters
Agriculture, General

Levels offered: Bachelors

Virginia Intermont College

Agriculture, agriculture operations, and related sciences

Levels offered: Bachelors

Averett University

Agriculture, agriculture operations, and related sciences

Levels offered: Bachelors

Ferrum College

Agriculture, agriculture operations, and related sciences

Levels offered: Bachelors
Agriculture, General

Levels offered: Bachelors

Northern Virginia Community College

Agriculture, agriculture operations, and related sciences

Levels offered: Associates

Tidewater Community College

Agriculture, agriculture operations, and related sciences

Levels offered: Certificate, Associates

Lord Fairfax Community College

Agriculture, agriculture operations, and related sciences

Levels offered: Certificate, Associates

Dabney S Lancaster Community College

Agriculture, agriculture operations, and related sciences

Levels offered: Certificate

Virginia Western Community College

Agriculture, agriculture operations, and related sciences

Levels offered: Associates

Virginia Highlands Community College

Agriculture, agriculture operations, and related sciences

Levels offered: Associates

J Sargeant Reynolds Community College

Agriculture, agriculture operations, and related sciences

Levels offered: Associates

Virginia Interesting Facts

Virginia was named for England's "Virgin Queen," Elizabeth I.
The major cash crop of Virginia is tobacco and many of the people who live there earn their living from the tobacco industry.
Jamestown, the first of the original 13 Colonies was founded for the purpose of silk cultivation. Silk to be traded with the Court of King James. After blight fungus destroyed the mulberry trees (silkworm food), sericulturist planted tobacco as a cash crop.
Jamestown was the first English settlement in the U.S. It was also the first capital of Virginia.
Virginia is known as "the birthplace of a nation".

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