Count Down the World’s Top 30 Agriculture Colleges

Posted by Paul Rusnak|March 23, 2017

When it comes to being among the world’s top agriculture & forestry colleges, consistency counts. This comes to mind when scanning the newly released 2017 QS World University Ranking by Subject report.

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30. Yale

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29. Kaestart University, Thailand

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28. Kyoto University

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27. Massey University, New Zealand

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26. University of Florida

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25. University of Guelph

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24. Norwegian University of Life Sciences

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23. N.C. State University

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22. Texas A&M University

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21. Australian National University

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20. China Agricultural University

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19. The University of Queensland

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18. University of Copenhagen

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17. University of British Columbia

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16. ETH Zurich- Swiss Federal Institute of Technology

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15. Penn State University

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14. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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13. Oregon State University

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12. University of Tokyo

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11. Iowa State University

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10 University of Reading

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9. Agro Paris Tech

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8. Purdue University

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7. Michigan State University

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6. University of Wisconsin-Madison

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5. University of California-Berkeley

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4. Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

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3. Cornell

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2. University of California, Davis

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1. Wageningen University (Netherlands)

For the second year in a row, congrats to Wageningen U!

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Presented by Britain-based Quacquarelli Symonds (QS), the yearly ranking uses data based on academic reputation, employer reputation, and research impact from 300 of the top universities in the world covering 46 individual subjects.

According to QS, each of the subject rankings is compiled using four sources. The first two are QS’s global surveys of academics and employers, which are used to assess institutions’ international reputation in each subject. The second two indicators assess research impact, based on research citations per paper and h-index in the relevant subject.

This is the fifth year the organization has produced rankings for the field of Agriculture & Forestry.

For the first three years of this ranking’s existence, the University of California, Davis held down the top spot for this subject. Last year, Wageningen University in the Netherlands stole the crown.

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Bob S says:

March 29, 2017 at 12:44 pm

What is Yale doing on this list? It does not have an Agriculture program. Yale’s Agrarian Studies program can hardly be called agricultural sciences.

1HalfSwede says:

March 29, 2017 at 1:06 pm

This article is a joke. I agree with Bob. Yale on the list. Even more hilarious is listing Berkeley as #5. One of the most liberal, anti-agriculture, political, organic universities in the country. Just by having them listed discredits this whole article.

Karen Kane says:

August 15, 2017 at 5:50 pm

Berkeley isn’t anti-agricultural. Where did you get that? So liberal, political, and organic means that the whole article is discredited? Says more about the person who wrote the comment than it does the article.

Gery Amos says:

April 2, 2017 at 9:45 am

Washington State University is not included in this article? Should have been within the top 5. No, this is not a serious article.

Paul Rusnak says:

April 3, 2017 at 9:21 am

If you check out the full report link, it looks like WSU came in at #45.

August 15, 2017 at 5:51 pm

Agreed.

30. Yale

29. Kaestart University, Thailand

28. Kyoto University

27. Massey University, New Zealand

26. University of Florida

25. University of Guelph

24. Norwegian University of Life Sciences

23. N.C. State University

22. Texas A&M University

21. Australian National University

20. China Agricultural University

19. The University of Queensland

18. University of Copenhagen

17. University of British Columbia

16. ETH Zurich- Swiss Federal Institute of Technology

15. Penn State University

14. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

13. Oregon State University

12. University of Tokyo

11. Iowa State University

10 University of Reading

9. Agro Paris Tech

8. Purdue University

7. Michigan State University

6. University of Wisconsin-Madison

5. University of California-Berkeley

4. Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

3. Cornell

2. University of California, Davis

1. Wageningen University (Netherlands)

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