Agricultural and Food Science Technicians Career

Vocational Programs for Agricultural and Food Science Technicians Career

Total Employees	Hourly Wage	Annual Wage
28K	$24.36	$50,660

The average annual wage of the occupations is $50,660 and $24 per hour. 17 vocational programs could be taken for the Agricultural and Food Science Technicians career. Based on BLS data, a total of 28,340 employees were employed in the Occupation.

Vocational Programs to Prepare Agricultural and Food Science Technicians Career

The following 17 vocational programs are required or helpful to prepare Agricultural and Food Science Technicians.

The tuition, program length, and completion time program information is average amounts over all schools that offer each program. This information is only for vocational programs (i.e. certificate programs) and not for bachelor's or graduate degrees.

2024 Average Tuition and Completion Information for Preparing Agricultural and Food Science Technicians
Program Name	Number of Schools	Tuition & Fees	Books & Supplies	Program Lengths	Avg. Completion Time
Agriculture	588	-	-	1,206 Hours	14.77 Months
Agricultural and Food Products Processing	13	-	-	-	-
Animal Sciences	17	-	-	-	-
Dairy Science	2	-	-	-	-
Poultry Science	5	-	-	-	-
Food Science	12	-	-	-	-
Food Technology and Processing	10	-	-	-	-
Brewing Science	14	-	-	-	-
Zymology/Fermentation Science	1	-	-	-	-
Food Science and Technology (other)	4	-	-	-	-
Plant Sciences	10	-	-	-	-
Agronomy and Crop Science	18	-	-	-	-
Soil Science and Agronomy	4	-	-	1,296 Hours	12.00 Months
Biology/Biological Sciences	29	-	-	541 Hours	22.00 Months
Biochemistry	2	-	-	-	-
Microbiology	1	-	-	-	-
Chemistry	20	-	-	-	-

2024 Average Tuition and Completion Information for Preparing Agricultural and Food Science Technicians

Program Name

Number of Schools

Tuition & Fees

Books & Supplies

Program Lengths

Avg. Completion Time

Agriculture

588

1,206 Hours

14.77 Months

Agricultural and Food Products Processing

Food Technology and Processing

Brewing Science

Zymology/Fermentation Science

Food Science and Technology (other)

Plant Sciences

Agronomy and Crop Science

Soil Science and Agronomy

1,296 Hours

12.00 Months

Biology/Biological Sciences

541 Hours

22.00 Months

Biochemistry

Microbiology

Chemistry

Schools offering voational programs for Agricultural and Food Science Technicians

The following 613 schools offer the vocational programs and courses for preparing Agricultural and Food Science Technicians. The list includes some 4-year colleges that have certificate or associate programs for the career.