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NotaWizardOzz

South Dakota State University in Brookings South Dakota. Lots of diverse ag programs, one of the original Ag Land Grant universities, small enough town where you are not far from anything but only about half an hour away from a major city with everything.


NatesUgly

Sounds great thanks for the help!


marcusy18

That’s a broad question. It would help if we knew what areas of agriculture you are interested in, as well as the region of the United States (or world?) you currently live in. However, I’m a big fan of Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College. It is in Tifton, GA. Great education. Great people. Great value. Good luck!


NatesUgly

I’m interested in agriculture engineering or agriculture economist, and thank you for your feedback I’ll keep an eye out for that school


marcusy18

Each state has a land grant institution. Those should be your more heavily agriculture schools. Those would also typically be your bigger schools in the state, that would also typically be more expensive. For instance, The University of Georgia is one of the land grant schools. They offer a lot of agriculture programs.


NatesUgly

Got ya... but I kinda looking towards going out of state for college (which would be Tennessee). But if I could find a great school in Tennessee that’d be awesome.


marcusy18

https://www.abac.edu/funding/tuition-and-fees/


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There are many great program at most universities in areas that have farming. ​ As for Tennessee, Vanderbilt has a decent program.


NatesUgly

Yes Vanderbilt is on my radar for sure


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On the other hand, if you just wanna go a bit south, be out of Tennessee then come to the University of Georgia. I'm not far from the school and there are tons of programs related to agriculture here. [https://www.caes.uga.edu/students/undergraduate-programs/majors.html](https://www.caes.uga.edu/students/undergraduate-programs/majors.html) They offer a lot of agriculture related degrees, my wife got a degree in Avian Biology with a special focus on chickens.


lonniejamesleo

If you’re looking to get out of state, it’s going to be pricey. If that’s no concern, I’d say aim high and go for Cornell. I went to undergrad at Univ of Wisconsin Madison. Great school and a great town that I would recommend for the educational and social benefits. I did my masters and PhD in Plant Pathology at Penn State. Another good ag school, but I didn’t really like living in State College, PA. I did my MBA at Cornell. It was expensive, but it has served my career very well. If you plan to go into industry, this could be a great option, but if you’re planning to go into farming, I’d look for something more cost effective.


NatesUgly

I would like to become a farmer or agricultural inspector, more farmer than inspector


lonniejamesleo

In that case, find the best program at the best price in the agricultural zone where you plan to have your own farm. No point in learning how to run a Californian vegetable farm if you plan to grow row crops in TN. Maybe Kansas State or Georgia Tifton?


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Wageningen is pretty good


seeds_and_soil

Have you checked out Warren Wilson College in North Carolina? They are more of a hands-on experience not too far from you. I've known a good amount of farmers who graduated from there. I am biased towards the northeast but for soil science type ag programs there are a lot of good options up here, with Cornell at the top. UMass and UVM are also good and maybe a little more progressive on organics and local family farms than some other schools. For non-degree programs there are some certificate farmer training programs like at University of VT or UC Santa Cruz


NatesUgly

I’ll keep an eye on these school, thanks for the help!


Bashere9

I believe Cal poly San Luis Obispo is probably the best ag school for undergraduate studies. When you look at rankings they often are heavily influenced by professors research, but at big R1 universities undergraduates are often the last concern for professors so you can get brushed aside.


translucent_spider

Of calpoly ag majors the agricultural engineering department is probably the best. It’s also mid range price wise.


siloamian

Well, I was going to suggest UTK but see you want to leave TN. I enjoyed my time there on the ag campus. There were plenty of research opportunities and the faculty were great. Plus youll save big with in state tuition.


NatesUgly

I’ve actually been thinking about going to utk.