Summary of 1996/1997 Graduates with Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Veterinary Medicine Expertise with Estimated Availability by Degree Level for Employment as Communication and Education Specialists in Years 1999/2000 and 2004/2005 1/
 Graduate Area
Of Expertise
¯ 
Baccalaureate Graduates
Masters' Graduates
Doctoral Graduates
Total Graduates
Actual
1996/
1997
Est.
1999/
2000
Est.
2004/
2005
Average
Annual
1996-2004
Actual
1996/
1997
Est.
1999/
2000
Est.
2004/
2005
Average
Annual
1996-2004
Actual
1996/
1997
Est.
1999/
2000
Est.
2004/
2005
Average
Annual
1996-2004
Actual
1996/
1997
Est.
1999/
2000
Est.
2004/
2005
Average
Annual
1996-2004
Agriculture, Natural Resources and Veterinary Medicine
Agricultural Economics, Business & Management
222
 226
 235
 229
 27
 21
 21
 24
 40
 76
 120
 80
 290
 324
 376
333 
Agricultural Engineering & Mechanization
 72
 85
 104
 88
 9
 9
 9
 9
 9
 9
 8
 8
 90
 102
 120
105 
Agricultural Social Sciences & Communications
 212
 226
 262
 237
 98
 80
 65
 81
 21
 26
 36
 28
 331
 331
 362
347 
Animal Sciences
 556
 641
 789
 672
 45
 45
 57
 51
 235
 241
 247
 241
 836
 927
 1092
964 
Food Sciences, Engineering 
& Human Nutrition
 252
 315
 468
 360
 70
 70
 71
 70
 51
 54
 59
 55
 373
 439
 598
485 
Forestry & Natural Resources
 608
 706
 641
 624
 259
 330
 430
 344
 81
 79
 89
 85
 948
 1116
 1160
1054 
Plant Sciences
 189
 222
 292
 240
 60
 62
 64
 62
 116
 128
 131
 123
 364
 412
 486
425 
Soil Sciences
 11
 15
 23
 17
 10
 10
 9
 10
 12
 11
 11
 11
 33
 36
 43
38 
Total
 2122
 2436
 2813
 2467
 577
 627
 726
 652
 564
 623
 699
 632
 3264
 3686
 4238
3751 
Allied Fields
Agricultural Economics, Business & Management
 261
 229
 180
 221
 118
 129
 140
 129
 19
 19
 20
 19
 398
 377
 341
369 
Agricultural Engineering 
& Mechanization
 106
 127
 154
 130
 25
 28
 29
 27
 10
 12
 17
 13
 141
 166
 200
171 
Agricultural Social Sciences 
& Communications
 805
 769
 804
 804
 304
 306
 286
 295
 28
28 
 30
 29
 1137
 1103
 1120
1129 
Animal Sciences
 253
 311
 419
 336
 16
 22
 35
 25
 27
28 
 30
 29
 296
 361
 485
390 
Food Sciences, Engineering 
& Human Nutrition
 38
 45
 56
 47
 7
 9
 14
 10
 28
28 
 28
 28
 73
 82
 99
86 
Forestry & Natural Resources
 76
 92
 118
 97
 16
 20
 29
 22
 14
17 
 28
 21
 105
 129
 175
140 
Plant Sciences
 76
 90
 115
 95
 13
 17
 21
 17
 54
55 
 60
 57
 144
 162
 196
170 
Soil Sciences
 4
 5
 6
 5
 4
 4
 5
 4
 8
8 
 10
 9
 16
 18
 21
18 
Total
 1619
 1667
 1853
 1736
 503
 534
 559
 531
 188
197 
 224
 206
 2309
 2398
 2635
2472 
TOTAL
 3741
 4103
 4665
 4203
 1080
 1161
 1285
 1183
 752
820 
 923
 837
 5573
 6085
 6873
6223 
% of total from AG NR
 57
 59
 60
 59
 53
 54
 56
 55
 75
76 
 76
 75
 59
 61
 62
60 
% of total from AL FL
 43
 41
 40
 41
 47
 46
 44
 45
 25
24 
 24
 25
 41
 39
 38
40 
-- Denotes that graduates seek other types of employment or likely require further education or extensive on-the-job training to succeed.
1/ Changes in graduates available annually for employment in the cluster were estimated and are based primarily on historical data from the Food and Agricultural Education Information System (FAEIS).

Source:  "TECHNICAL ADDENDUM, EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR COLLEGE GRADUATES IN THE FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES--Agriculture,  Natural Resources and Veterinary Sciences, 2000-2005" Goecker, Gilmore, and Whatley.