This information is summarized from data collected via ACES Graduate Destination Survey and represents 77% (91) of the Crop Sciences graduates from December 2018 – August 2021. The three-year average salary in this concentration is $49,987 (23).

Employers and Positions

• Advanced Agrilytics - Field Specialist
• Advanced Agrilytics - Precision Agronomist
• AgReliant Genetics - Business Development Associate
• Aherin Agri-Business,Inc - Farm Manager
• Amazon - Software Engineer
• Archery Summit Winery - Harvest Intern
• ASPCA - Veterinary Assistant
• Bailey Nurseries - Grower Foreman
• Bayer Crop Science - Production Associate (3)
• Bayer Crop Science - Risk Management Pathology Lab
• Cargill - Operations Management Associate
• Chalet Nursery - Designer
• Cicero District 99 - Permanent Substitute Teacher
• Corteva Agriscience - Associate Territory Manager (2)
• Corteva Agriscience - Field Research Intern (2)
• Evergreen FS - Agronomy Operations/Energy Associate
• Family Farm - Asst. Farm Manager and Operator
• FS (Goldstar) - Crop Associate
• GDM Seeds - Field Production Specialist
• GDM Seeds - Product Placement Specialist
• Gener8tor AgTech - Program Manager
• Granular - Data Specialist
• Green Thumb Industries (GTI) - Grow Department
• Herbaria - Customer Service Specialist
• Inari - Plant Breeding Research Associate
• Inari - Research Associate
• Intelinair - Customer Support Manager
• Land O' Lakes - WinField United Associate
• Matrix Sciences - Laboratory Technician
• McHenry County College - Laboratory Assistant
• Michigan State University - Research Technician
• Nu-Ag Seeds - Vice President
• ScribeAmerica - Scribe
• Snider Farms LLC - Farm Hand
• Stewart Farms Partnership - Management Trainee
• Stine Seed - Research Technician
• Streator Onized Credit Union - Loan Officer
• Teach for America - Corp member
• The Climate Corporation - Product Support Specialist
• UnityPoint Health Methodist - Emergency Department Technician
• University of Illinois - Academic Employe - Bioenergy Farm
• Valent BioSciences - Research Technician
• Wilder Fields - Farm Operations Assistant
• Williams Family Farm, Inc. - Owner/Operator

Institution and Areas of Study

• Cornell University - MS Biostatistics and Data Science
• Iowa State University - MS Crop Science
• North Carolina State University - MS Plant Breeding and Genetics
• Texas A & M - MS Plant Breeding
• Texas A & M - MS Plant Breeding and Genetics
• Texas A & M - PhD Molecular and Environmental Plant Sciences
• University of Wisconsin Madison - PharmD. Pharmacy School
• University of Chicago - Masters of Public Policy
• University of Georgia - MS Crop and Soil Sciences
• University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign - MS Crop science (4)
• University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign - MS Agricultural and Applied Economics
• University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign - PSM Crop Production
• University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign - Weed Science
• University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - MS Agricultural Education
• University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Master of Landscape Architecture
• University of Michigan - Masters of Music Performance and Literature
• University of Missouri- MS Weed Science
• University of Missouri - MS Plant Science
• University of Tokyo - Agricultural Sciences; Plant biotechnology
• Vanderbilt University - MS Environmental Engineering