How much does a agriculture professor make?

In the U.S., pay can differ with experience, advanced study or useful credentials, and whether someone works at a university or community college. Location, full- or part-time hours, and how specialized or demanding the work is can also matter.

Teach courses in the agricultural sciences. Includes teachers of agronomy, dairy sciences, fisheries management, horticultural sciences, poultry sciences, range management, and agricultural soil conservation. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research. Excludes “Forestry and Conservation Science Teachers, Postsecondary” (25-1043).

What's a typical day like?

They teach crop, plant, or soil science, then meet students and oversee lab or field work. Between classes, they grade assignments and run research projects that may be published.

In the U.S., study agricultural science for a bachelor’s degree, then usually continue to a Ph.D. Some community colleges may hire teachers with a master’s degree; there’s no set starting age, and many begin after graduate school.

Graduate degree or long training (preparation level 5 of 5)

Good for people who like helping and teaching and figuring things out.

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