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Hot job market for ag college grads

The job market for ag college graduates is sizzling hot right now.

“In terms of a prosperous career, right now, agriculture is king,” says Mike Gaul, director of career services at Iowa State University (ISU).

Gaul says a whopping 98 percent of graduates from the ISU College of Ag and Life Sciences are finding jobs within six months of graduation.

“When we look at a few of the majors out there, such as Ag Business, Agronomy, Food Science…really, a lot of those majors there, I would almost put on the verge of being no-brainer type job markets for students who put forth any motivation with their job search at all,” Gaul says. “It’s just that strong.”

ISU’s College of Ag and Life Sciences graduated its largest class ever this spring, around 600 students. Gaul says the primary major for 75 of those grads was Ag Business.

“I think 69 of them have jobs…for a 90-plus-percent at-graduation placement rate,” Gaul says. “I guarantee you, there are very few majors in this country that can claim that type of success.”

Gaul says many of the ag college grads are entering jobs with starting salaries of 50- to 60-thousand dollars per year.

Radio Iowa contributed to this story.

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