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Agriculture

Agriculture & Environmental Sciences Instructional Program

The Butte College offers courses that are tailored to fit the individual. Butte College's programs are designed so that the student can earn an associate degree, a certificate of achievement, or completion of the first two years general education towards an advanced degree.

Agriculture Business

  • Marketing
  • Sales
  • Finance
  • Management
  • Policy

Starting Salary: $35-50,000 per year

Agriculture Science

  • Dairy and Cheese Industry
  • Farm and Ranch Management
  • Agriculture Teachers
  • Food Science
  • Viticulture Industry

Starting Salary: $30-50,000 per year

Environmental Studies
Parks and Recreation

  • Bureau of Land Management
  • Department of Fish and Wildlife
  • Parks Service
  • U.S. Forest Service
  • Private Management
  • Natural Resource Conservation Service

Starting Salary: $35-50,000 per year

Environmental
Horticulture

  • Floriculture
  • Research
  • Education
  • Nursery Production
  • Turfgrass Management
  • Retail Nursery, Floristry
  • Irrigation Design and Install
  • Landscape Design and Construction

Starting Salary: $35-50,000 per year

Mechanized Agriculture
Heavy Equipment Operation

  • Farms and Ranches
  • Rental Industry
  • Landscape Businesses
  • Equipment Dealerships
  • Golf and Turfgrass Industry
  • Heavy Equipment Operators
  • State, County & City Equipment

Starting Salary: $30-60, 000 per year

Welding Technology

  • Transportation, Ground, Air, & Sea
  • Structures, Buildings/Bridges
  • Petrochemical, Refinery/Pipelines
  • Food Preparation & Procession
  • Power and Water, Pipelines

Entry Level Salary: $30-40,000 per year
Union and Prevailing Wage $40-60,000

Butte College | 3536 Butte Campus Drive, Oroville CA 95965 | General Information 530.895.2511

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