Another 20,700 graduates from allied fields such as engineering, business, biology, health sciences, economics, and computer technology will take these positions. This leaves an annual shortage of about 2,000 or 4.7 percent shortage of college graduates to fill new positions in the food, agricultural, and natural resources areas projected during the next five years in the United States. Nearly three-fourths of the total shortages occur in the marketing, merchandising, and sales employment areas. Excellent career opportunities in the food processing and manufacturing industry are available for food science and food engineering graduates. Excellent agricultural production opportunities are projected in poultry, swine, and fish enterprises.
Good opportunities are available in the landscape horticulture industry.