Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences

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Penn State
College of Agricultural Sciences

Type	Public
Established	1861; 163 years ago (1861)
Parent institution	Pennsylvania State University
Location	University Park , Pennsylvania , 16802 , U.S.
Academic Departments	Agricultural and Biological Engineering Agricultural Economics, Sociology, and Education Animal Science Ecosystem Science and Management Entomology Food Science Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology Plant Science Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences
Facilities	The Arboretum at Penn State Pasto Agricultural Museum Penn State Creamery Snider Ag Arena
Website	agsci.psu.edu

The Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences offers 17 undergraduate majors,^[1] 23 minors,^[2] and graduate programs in 18 major areas.^[3] The college awarded the nation's first baccalaureate degrees in agriculture in 1861.

With 9 academic departments and 67 cooperative extension offices, one in each of Pennsylvania's counties, the college is widely recognized as one of the nation's top institutions for agricultural research and education programs.^{[citation needed]}