Ranking the Best Agriculture Colleges Around the World in 2024

It’s time again for the world’s best agriculture colleges to raise their hands. Who’s at the head of the class? Some schools stand out more than others, according to Quacquarelli Symonds (QS), which has just released its latest QS World University Ranking by Subject report. Scan the photo gallery below to count down the World’s Top 50 Agriculture & Forestry Colleges for 2024.

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Compiled and presented annually by the U.K.-based education marketing and networking company, the comprehensive listing is based on a methodology that measures multiple indicators from universities across the globe covering 55 different disciplines. According to QS, this year’s ranking features different academic programs from 1,559 institutions – 64 universities of which are new.

Five indicators are used to determine subject rankings. They are as follows: Academic reputation; Employer reputation; Research citations per paper (via Elsevier’s Scopus);  H-index; and International research network (by broad faculty area).


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2024 marks the 12th consecutive year the organization has produced rankings specifically for the field of Agriculture & Forestry.

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A few quick notes from the Top 50:

  • 9 schools made this year’s Top 50 who were not included in 2023
  • 3 of those schools made the Top 10

So, what are the best agriculture colleges in the world right now? See multiple new entries that made the Top 10; which schools that made a comeback to the list; and more. The biggest question is: Was Wageningen University finally dethroned from its top spot?

Scan the photo gallery above to count down the World’s Top 50 Agriculture & Forestry Colleges for 2024.

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