Georgia·Educational Instruction and Library Occupations·SOC 25-1041

Best Agricultural Sciences Teacher, Postsecondary programs in Georgia, ranked by enrollment

Teach courses in the agricultural sciences. Includes teachers of agronomy, dairy sciences, fisheries management, horticultural sciences, poultry sciences, range management, and agricultural soil conservation.

23 schools in Georgia run programs that feed this job, graduating 793 people a year. The job pays a median of $104,330 in Georgia across about 380 jobs (BLS OEWS May 2025).

Also calledProfessorInstructorAssociate ProfessorAgriculture ProfessorFaculty MemberFarm InstructorAgronomy TeacherPomology Teacher
Graduates / yr
793
in Georgia
Median pay · Georgia
$104,330
BLS OEWS May 2025
Jobs in state
380
people employed
Schools
23
with a feeder program
Avg graduation rate
47%
across those schools
Median net price
$23,071
per year, IPEDS

Fields of study in Georgia that lead to this job

Grouped at the 4-digit CIP level. Numbers are graduates per year in this state.

Agricultural/Animal/Plant/Veterinary Science And Related Fields
CIP 01.06
Applied Horticulture and Horticultural Business Services
224graduates / yr
9 schools · 4 specializations · 28.3% of pipeline
Grad earnings $35,900
Agricultural/Animal/Plant/Veterinary Science And Related Fields
CIP 01.01
Agricultural Business and Management
189graduates / yr
4 schools · 4 specializations · 23.9% of pipeline
Grad earnings $47,242
Education
CIP 13.13
Teacher Education and Professional Development
100graduates / yr
4 schools · 2 specializations · 12.6% of pipeline
Grad earnings $43,033
Agricultural/Animal/Plant/Veterinary Science And Related Fields
CIP 01.09
Animal Sciences
93graduates / yr
3 schools · 3 specializations · 11.8% of pipeline
Grad earnings $33,926
Agricultural/Animal/Plant/Veterinary Science And Related Fields
CIP 01.11
Plant Sciences
70graduates / yr
3 schools · 4 specializations · 8.9% of pipeline
Grad earnings $42,861
Agricultural/Animal/Plant/Veterinary Science And Related Fields
CIP 01.10
Food Science and Technology
35graduates / yr
1 schools · 1 specialization · 4.4% of pipeline
Grad earnings $51,883
Agricultural/Animal/Plant/Veterinary Science And Related Fields
CIP 01.03
Agricultural Production Operations
25graduates / yr
5 schools · 1 specialization · 3.2% of pipeline
Grad earnings $36,083
Agricultural/Animal/Plant/Veterinary Science And Related Fields
CIP 01.00
Agriculture
21graduates / yr
3 schools · 1 specialization · 2.6% of pipeline
Grad earnings $39,350
Agricultural/Animal/Plant/Veterinary Science And Related Fields
CIP 01.02
Agricultural Mechanization
16graduates / yr
1 schools · 1 specialization · 2.0% of pipeline
Grad earnings $54,138
Agricultural/Animal/Plant/Veterinary Science And Related Fields
CIP 01.12
Soil Sciences
10graduates / yr
1 schools · 1 specialization · 1.3% of pipeline
Grad earnings $50,408
Agricultural/Animal/Plant/Veterinary Science And Related Fields
CIP 01.07
International Agriculture
6graduates / yr
1 schools · 1 specialization · 0.8% of pipeline
Grad earnings $52,068
Agricultural/Animal/Plant/Veterinary Science And Related Fields
CIP 01.05
Agricultural and Domestic Animal Services
4graduates / yr
1 schools · 1 specialization · 0.5% of pipeline
Grad earnings $27,363

24 programs in Georgia that lead to this job

Ranked by graduates per year in Georgia (IPEDS completions). Graduate earnings and debt are national College Scorecard figures reported at the 4-digit CIP level, so specializations within one field share a figure. Each program also links to its own Georgia page.

Degree programs that lead to this occupation, ranked by graduates per year
#ProgramGraduates / yrShare of pipelineSchoolsGrad earnings (1 yr)Median debt
1
CIP 01.0601In Georgia
102
12.9%
9$35,900$14,000
2
CIP 01.0102In Georgia
87
11.0%
4$47,242$19,964
3
CIP 01.0901In Georgia
64
8.1%
3$33,926$21,748
4
CIP 01.0101In Georgia
62
7.8%
3$47,242$19,964
5
CIP 01.0606In Georgia
56
7.1%
9$35,900$14,000
6
CIP 13.1316In Georgia
51
6.4%
3$43,033$26,044
7
CIP 13.1301In Georgia
49
6.2%
4$43,033$26,044
8
CIP 01.0605In Georgia
42
5.3%
6$35,900$14,000
9
CIP 01.1103In Georgia
39
4.9%
3$42,861$20,500
10
CIP 01.1001In Georgia
35
4.4%
1$51,883$21,000
11
CIP 01.0103In Georgia
33
4.2%
2$47,242$19,964
12
CIP 01.0907In Georgia
26
3.3%
2$33,926$21,748
13
CIP 01.0308In Georgia
25
3.2%
5$36,083$17,395
14
CIP 01.0607In Georgia
24
3.0%
2$35,900$14,000
15
CIP 01.0000In Georgia
21
2.6%
3$39,350$20,340
16
CIP 01.1102In Georgia
18
2.3%
1$42,861$20,500
17
CIP 01.0201In Georgia
16
2.0%
1$54,138$18,912
18
CIP 01.1104In Georgia
10
1.3%
1$42,861$20,500
19
CIP 01.1201In Georgia
10
1.3%
1$50,408$22,424
20
CIP 01.0199In Georgia
7
0.9%
1$47,242$19,964
21
CIP 01.0701In Georgia
6
0.8%
1$52,068$16,900
22
CIP 01.0507In Georgia
4
0.5%
1$27,363$15,774
23
CIP 01.0903In Georgia
3
0.4%
1$33,926$21,748
24
CIP 01.1105In Georgia
3
0.4%
1$42,861$20,500

Top 23 schools in Georgia

Ranked by graduates per year into this job. Graduate earnings are reported for 3 of the 23 schools in this state.

Schools ranked by graduates per year into this occupation
#SchoolGraduates / yrTop feeder programGrad earnings (1 yr)Grad rateNet priceAcceptance
1University of Georgia
Athens, GA Public · 16 feeder programs
295Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations$49,61190%38%
2Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College
Tifton, GA Public · 4 feeder programs
127Agricultural Business and Management, General$47,51936%76%
3Chattahoochee Technical College
Marietta, GA Public · 4 feeder programs
59Landscaping and Groundskeeping38%
4Fort Valley State University
Fort Valley, GA Public · 4 feeder programs
51Animal Sciences, General41%66%
5Lanier Technical College
Gainesville, GA Public · 4 feeder programs
36Applied Horticulture/Horticulture Operations, General34%
6Gwinnett Technical College
Lawrenceville, GA Public · 3 feeder programs
35Applied Horticulture/Horticulture Operations, General32%
7Georgia State University
Atlanta, GA Public · 1 feeder programs
29Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher Education$26,96753%55%
8Southern Crescent Technical College
Griffin, GA Public · 3 feeder programs
26Applied Horticulture/Horticulture Operations, General58%
9Ogeechee Technical College
Statesboro, GA Public · 2 feeder programs
22Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations43%
10Augusta Technical College
Augusta, GA Public · 3 feeder programs
21Plant Nursery Operations and Management31%
11North Georgia Technical College
Clarkesville, GA Public · 4 feeder programs
16Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations39%
12Central Georgia Technical College
Warner Robins, GA Public · 1 feeder programs
14Applied Horticulture/Horticulture Operations, General47%
13Athens Technical College
Athens, GA Public · 4 feeder programs
12Agricultural Business and Management, General51%
14Emmanuel University
Franklin Springs, GA Private not-for-profit · 2 feeder programs
12Agriculture, General42%$19,20474%
15South Georgia Technical College
Americus, GA Public · 3 feeder programs
11Applied Horticulture/Horticulture Operations, General61%
16Georgia Northwestern Technical College
Rome, GA Public · 3 feeder programs
9Applied Horticulture/Horticulture Operations, General43%
17Oconee Fall Line Technical College
Sandersville, GA Public · 1 feeder programs
6Plant Nursery Operations and Management65%
18Savannah College of Art and Design
Savannah, GA Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs
4Equestrian/Equine Studies69%$44,90283%
19Andrew College
Cuthbert, GA Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs
2Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations33%$23,07146%
20Piedmont University
Demorest, GA Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs
2Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher Education47%$20,04993%
21University of North Georgia
Dahlonega, GA Public · 1 feeder programs
2Agricultural Business and Management, General37%68%
22Coastal Pines Technical College
Waycross, GA Public · 1 feeder programs
1Plant Nursery Operations and Management48%
23Wiregrass Georgia Technical College
Valdosta, GA Public · 1 feeder programs
1Landscaping and Groundskeeping50%

All 23 schools in Georgia

Every school in Georgia with a program that feeds this job, ordered by graduates per year. Earnings are shown for the ranked schools above; open a school profile for the rest.

All schools in Georgia that feed this occupation
SchoolCityControlGraduates / yrFeeder programs
University of GeorgiaAthensPublic29516
Abraham Baldwin Agricultural CollegeTiftonPublic1274
Chattahoochee Technical CollegeMariettaPublic594
Fort Valley State UniversityFort ValleyPublic514
Lanier Technical CollegeGainesvillePublic364
Gwinnett Technical CollegeLawrencevillePublic353
Georgia State UniversityAtlantaPublic291
Southern Crescent Technical CollegeGriffinPublic263
Ogeechee Technical CollegeStatesboroPublic222
Augusta Technical CollegeAugustaPublic213
North Georgia Technical CollegeClarkesvillePublic164
Central Georgia Technical CollegeWarner RobinsPublic141
Athens Technical CollegeAthensPublic124
Emmanuel UniversityFranklin SpringsPrivate not-for-profit122
South Georgia Technical CollegeAmericusPublic113

What agricultural sciences teachers, postsecondary earn in Georgia

What people already working in this job earn (BLS OEWS May 2025). Not graduate earnings.

Median annual in Georgia
$104,330
Mean annual
$108,260
Jobs in state
380
What the range looks like
10th pct$60,670Median$104,33090th pct$160,010
Versus the national median
+5.7%

U.S. median $98,700. Georgia pays above the national figure.

Job concentration
1.35×

Concentrated here: Georgia employs more of this job per worker than the U.S. average.

Job outlook

Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections, 2024 to 2034.

Projected growth 2024–34
+4.1%
About as fast as average
Openings per year
800
new jobs plus replacements
Employment change
400
10,700 → 11,200
Typical entry education
Doctoral or professional degree

Growth and openings are national. The Bureau of Labor Statistics does not publish employment projections at state level, so these figures describe the occupation across the whole U.S., not this state alone.

How to get in

The full skills, tools, and day-to-day breakdown lives on the national Agricultural Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary page.

How to become a Agricultural Sciences Teacher, Postsecondary

Job zone 5 of 5 · SVP 8.0 and above
Typical entry education
Doctoral or professional degree

Most of these occupations require graduate school. For example, they may require a master's degree, and some require a Ph.D., M.D., or J.D. (law degree).

Extensive skill, knowledge, and experience are needed for these occupations. Many require more than five years of experience. For example, surgeons must complete four years of college and an additional five to seven years of specialized medical training to be able to do their job.

Employees may need some on-the-job training, but most of these occupations assume that the person will already have the required skills, knowledge, work-related experience, and/or training.

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The same job in other states

Where else this occupation employs the most people, and what it pays there.

Related careers in Georgia

Every major mapped to this job

The official federal mapping behind the rankings above.

All 25 majors mapped to Agricultural Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary25 of them graduated someone in the latest IPEDS year. NCES CIP 2020 → SOC 2018 crosswalk.+
  • 01.0000Agriculture, General
  • 01.0101Agricultural Business and Management, General
  • 01.0102Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations
  • 01.0103Agricultural Economics
  • 01.0104Farm/Farm and Ranch Management
  • 01.0105Agricultural/Farm Supplies Retailing and Wholesaling
  • 01.0199Agricultural Business and Management, Other
  • 01.0201Agricultural Mechanization, General
  • 01.0204Agricultural Power Machinery Operation
  • 01.0299Agricultural Mechanization, Other
  • 01.0301Agricultural Production Operations, General
  • 01.0302Animal/Livestock Husbandry and Production
  • 01.0303Aquaculture
  • 01.0304Crop Production
  • 01.0307Horse Husbandry/Equine Science and Management
  • 01.0308Agroecology and Sustainable Agriculture
  • 01.0399Agricultural Production Operations, Other
  • 01.0401Agricultural and Food Products Processing
  • 01.0505Animal Training
  • 01.0507Equestrian/Equine Studies
  • 01.0601Applied Horticulture/Horticulture Operations, General
  • 01.0603Ornamental Horticulture
  • 01.0604Greenhouse Operations and Management
  • 01.0605Landscaping and Groundskeeping
  • 01.0606Plant Nursery Operations and Management

Common questions

Answers for people weighing agricultural sciences teachers, postsecondary programs in Georgia.

What degree do you need to become an Agricultural Sciences Teacher, Postsecondary?+

Doctoral or professional degree is the typical entry-level education BLS reports for this occupation. The most common program people actually graduate from is Applied Horticulture/Horticulture Operations, General, which awarded 102 degrees in Georgia in 2024-25, 12.9% of everyone graduating from a program that feeds this career.

Which college majors lead to becoming an Agricultural Sciences Teacher, Postsecondary?+

The NCES CIP-to-SOC crosswalk maps 24 programs to this occupation. The largest are Applied Horticulture and Horticultural Business Services, Agricultural Business and Management, Teacher Education and Professional Development, Animal Sciences, plus 8 more. Together they graduate about 793 people a year in Georgia.

How much do agricultural sciences teachers, postsecondary earn in Georgia?+

The median is $104,330 a year (BLS OEWS May 2025). That is 5.7% above the U.S. median of $98,700. This is pay for people already working in the occupation, not the same thing as graduate earnings one year after finishing a degree.

Is demand for agricultural sciences teachers, postsecondary growing?+

BLS projects a +4.1% change in employment between 2024 and 2034, about as fast as average, with roughly 800 openings a year nationally once retirements and job changes are counted.

How many schools offer programs for this career in Georgia?+

23 institutions in Georgia reported graduates from at least one of the 24 programs that feed this occupation in IPEDS 2024-25. Rankings on this page use graduates per year, because the federal data publishes no enrollment count by program.

What other job titles do agricultural sciences teachers, postsecondary work under?+

Employers advertise this work under many names. O*NET records Professor, Instructor, Associate Professor, Agriculture Professor among the most commonly reported, all mapping to SOC 25-1041.

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About the data on this page

Rankings use IPEDS completions 2024–25, degrees awarded per year. That is the closest federal measure of how many people a program puts into a career, because no federal dataset publishes enrollment by program. Wages and employment come from BLS OEWS May 2025, growth and openings from BLS Employment Projections 2024-34, and which majors lead to which jobs from the NCES CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk. Occupation descriptions, tasks, skills and tools are O*NET 30.3 (CC BY 4.0, U.S. Department of Labor/ETA).

  • BLS Occupational Employment & Wage Statistics

    May 2025

    Wages, employment counts, location quotients and metro breakdowns.

  • BLS Employment Projections

    2024–34

    Projected growth, annual openings and typical entry-level education.

  • IPEDS Completions

    2024-25 (provisional)

    Graduates per year by program and institution — the ranking metric.

  • College Scorecard, Field of Study

    2020-21 cohorts

    Median graduate earnings one year after completion, and median debt.

  • Census Post-Secondary Employment Outcomes

    latest available

    Graduate earnings 1/5/10 years out, where the state participates.

  • NCES CIP 2020 and the CIP-to-SOC 2018 crosswalk

    CIP 2020 / SOC 2018

    Which college programs officially lead to this occupation.

  • O*NET Database 30.3

    30.3

    Tasks, skills, knowledge, tools, job zone and alternate job titles.

    Official source →CC BY 4.0, U.S. Department of Labor / ETA

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