This information is summarized from data collected via ACES Graduate Destination Survey and represents 81% (75) of the Crop Sciences & Horticulture graduates from December 2019 – August 2022. The three-year average salary in this degree is $49,447.

Employers and Positions

• Advanced Agrilytics - Precision Agronomist
• Advanced Agrilytics - Field Specialist (2)
• AgReliant Genetics - Business Development Associate
• Archery Summit Winery - Harvest Intern
• Bayer Crop Science - Production Associate (2)
• Bayer Crop Science - Risk Management Pathology Lab
• Cargill - Operations Management Associate
• CGB - Grain Merchandiser
• Cicero District 99 - Permanent Substitute Teacher
• Corteva Agriscience - Associate Territory Manager (2)
• Discovery Life Sciences - Laboratory Associate
• Evergreen FS - Agronomy Operations/Energy Associate
• Family Farm - Owner/Operator
• GDM Seeds - Product Placement Specialist
• Granular - Data Specialist
• Inari - Plant Breeding Research Associate
• Intelinair - Customer Support Manager
• meShare - Customer Support Specialist
• Michigan State University - Research Technician
• Nu-Ag Seeds - Vice President
• Nutrien Ag Solutions - Customer Success Representative
• Pallet Services - Assistant Financial Manager
• Peace Corps - Corp Member
• Phigenics - Laboratory Technician
• Plenty - Farm Operations Associate
• Roth Family Seed - Agriculture Sales Representative
• Snider Farms LLC - Farm Hand
• Syngenta - Research Assistant
• Syngenta - Production and Supply Development Program Associate
• Teach for America - Corp member
• The Nature Conservancy - Assistant Crew Leader
• UnityPoint Health Methodist - Emergency Department Technician
• University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Research Technician
• University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Lab Assistant
• Wilder Fields - Farm Operations Assistant
• World Bioproducts LLC - Laboratory Technician

Institution and Areas of Study

• Iowa State University - MS Crop Science
• John Hopkins University - MS in Biotechnology
• Texas A&M, RISD, U of Georgia, UIUC - Masters of Landscape Architecture
• Texas Tech University - MS Plant/Soil Science
• University College Dublin - MS Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development
• University of Illinois at Chicago -MS Marketing
• University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Master of Science in Agricultural and Applied Econ
• University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - MS Crop Sciences, Weed Science
• University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - MS Weed Science
• University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Doctor of Philosophy in Crop Sciences
• University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Master of Landscape Architecture
• University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Masters in Crop Sciences - Plant Pathology
• University of Michigan - Masters of Music Performance and Literature
• University of Missouri - MS Weed Science
• University of Tokyo - MS Agricultural Sciences; Plant biotechnology
• University of Wisconsin – Madison - MS Agronomy (2)
• University of Wisconsin – Madison - PhD in Plant Breeding and Plant Genetics
• Vanderbilt University - MS Environmental Engineering