Nebraska's Comprehensive Ag Program

If you're thinking about pursuing agriculture for your college education, you can major or minor in agricultural science at Concordia Nebraska, where you'll study the whole ag industry on a tight-knit campus that's surrounded by multinational, regional and family-owned ag businesses.

 

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Discover The Full Ag Industry at Concordia

Concordia University, Nebraska’s agricultural science program offers a broad, general approach to learning about the industry without having to specialize in one area. You’ll learn the four main concepts in agriculture—agribusiness, animal science, food science and plant science—through a Christ-centered, Lutheran perspective that will equip you to be a responsible steward of God’s creation. With one in four jobs in Nebraska relating to agriculture, this program will prepare you for your future in ag through internships and hands-on projects.

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Agribusiness

Learn the fundamentals of agricultural economics and finance to prepare you for service in the ag industry.

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Animal Science

Explore the disciplines of animal production, including breeding and genetics, meat science, nutrition and reproductive physiology.

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Food Science

Work closely with food producers on best practices for safe crop and animal production to provide food products.

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Plant Science

Discover the fundamentals of field and forage crop production, including utilization, yield potential, soil fertility relationships and pest management.

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God's Creation. Our Responsibility.

God entrusted humans to be stewards of His earth, caring for the land, water and living creatures He created. A career in agriculture is the perfect way for you to live that mission by supporting our food system through production agriculture, natural resource conservation or as part of a government agency focused on ag in the United States and abroad. Major or minor in ag at Concordia and serve a higher purpose!

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An Ag Community

Concordia’s location in Seward County, Nebraska, a thriving agricultural area with nearly 1,000 farms and various multinational and regional industry facilities, provides you extensive hands-on learning opportunities. Our program will incorporate internships and projects with local producers, seed companies, lenders, food processors, livestock breeders and agribusiness companies, designed to meet your goals. 

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An Education Built on a Christian Foundation

Today, Concordia continues to emphasize the Christ-centered message of the Gospel in the higher education it delivers to its students. Our four foundational promises (community, inquiry, purpose and wisdom) seek to ensure that Concordia will always deliver a Lutheran, Christian higher education and that our students will be equipped not only with a set of skills and a degree, but also a sense of Christian vocation and purpose for the future.

 

Concordia At A Glance

14:1student to faculty ratio

Our faculty make themselves available to our students, giving them personal attention and providing a positive learning environment. 

100%of full-time undergraduate students receive financial aid

Through scholarships and grants, we are able to provide all of our full-time undergraduate students with financial aid to help make their education more affordable. This year, an average of $27,000 of financial aid was provided to each incoming first-year student.

98% recent graduates attended graduate school or were employed within six months of graduation

You’ll be prepared for your next step. The vast majority of our graduates are either hired or accepted into graduate school within six months of graduation.