Lake Land College Agriculture Division

Overview

Lake Land College, located in Mattoon, Illinois, is a leading community college offering students more than 150 degree and certificate options at an affordable rate. Students who choose Lake Land do so to experience a personalized education through small class sizes and high quality academics. The college has been recognized three times by the prestigious Aspen Institute as one of the top 150 community colleges in the nation.

Lake Land College is proud to be ranked as one of the top 50 associate degree and certificate producers nationwide, and the College’s Agriculture Division is ranked first in the state of Illinois by Community College Week. As a leader in its field, the agriculture division offers workforce ready and transfer ready associate degree programs in agriculture business and supply, ag power and technology, alternative agriculture production and more, as well as workforce ready certificate programs. Students receive hands-on experience in the classroom, real life knowledge in internships, an advantage in the job market and a network of agriculture faculty and alumni. Lake Land College and the Agriculture Division are revered as an industry leader throughout the Midwest and beyond.

Agricultural Degrees Offered

• Food and Ag Business
• Horticulture
• Pre-Veterinary Medicine
• Crop Production
• Agriculture Business and Supply
• Agriculture Production and Management
• Ag Power Technology
• John Deer Tech
• Ag Transfer
• Livestock
• Ag Business

Campus Farm

The Lake Land College Agriculture Division boasts a 160 acre agriculture farm -- the land laboratory is utilized for student learning opportunities and serves as a research hub for the following research partners: Precision Planting, Pioneer, Dekalb, Asgrow, Mycogen, and Bayer. Currently, research in precision technology, corn, soybeans and cover crops is being conducted.