The first of the colleges established at Penn State, the College of Agricultural Sciences awarded the nation’s first baccalaureate degrees in agriculture in 1861.
Key Facts
We have 9 Academic Departments .
Our academic programs:
17 undergraduate majors and 24 minors
4 two-year programs and 2 certificate programs
Graduate programs in 18 major areas
The College of Agricultural Sciences invests nearly$97 million in research and graduate study yearly.
Penn State Extension , present in every county, delivers University expertise directly to your community and works to assess and address the social, educational, and physical needs of citizens throughout the state.
The only land-grant institution in Pennsylvania, Penn State became one of the nation's very first when President Abraham Lincoln signed the Morrill Act into law in 1862.
About 80 percent of the college's undergraduates come from non-agricultural backgrounds.
