Master’s Program Scholarships (Agriculture)

Evidence Step: Outputs

Department: Agriculture

Priority Area: Workforce Development and Employment

Program Description

TDA offers scholarships to participants who earn their master’s certification through the University of Tennessee’s and Tennessee State University’s educational programs related to Tennessee’s agricultural industry. These programs are designed to provide hands-on experience in current management practices that are important to the profitability and sustainability of the industry.

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Details

Program Demographic: Adults, Rural Focus

Delivery Setting: Organization / Business / Local Government, School

Current Participants: 3,826

Outputs

Number of class participants

2025: 3,826

2023: 4,724

Number of master’s programs available

2025: 16

2023: 12

Logic Model

If we provide scholarships to participants in master’s certification programs related to the agricultural industry, then we will help those individuals gain practical knowledge regarding current management practices that are important to the profitability and sustainability of the industry and, in doing so, help Tennessee’s agriculture industry thrive.