What Should I Major in to Become a Soil and Plant Scientist?
These college majors are closest related to this career (actual program names will vary from school to school).
- Agricultural and Horticultural Plant Breeding
- Agriculture, General
- Agroecology and Sustainable Agriculture
- Agronomy and Crop Science
- Horticultural Science
- Plant Protection and Integrated Pest Management
- Plant Sciences, General
- Plant Sciences, Other
- Range Science and Management
- Soil Chemistry and Physics
- Soil Microbiology
- Soil Science and Agronomy, General
- Soil Sciences, Other
- Viticulture and Enology
Required Education
Master's Degree usually needed for this career
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