BS Outreach and Extension Education

• Upon graduation from the program at the University of Mount Olive, students will have had the chance to take two formal internships and a senior research project. The goal of this program is to assist the students with preparing them for entry level employment with one of the 29 agencies of the USDA, with the Cooperative Extension Service, or directly within the agricultural industry.
• Students who successfully complete the APS-Outreach and Extension Education program will meet the minimum 30-hour requirement from the USDA to apply for GS-% level jobs or above with the organization.

• Nationally there are approximately over 14,000 extension agents. These agents are employed in every county and parish in the United States. According to the USDA (2019) close to 100,000 people work in the USDA at over 4,500 locations nationwide.
• In North Carolina, there are 900+ extension agents that work in all 100 counties.

All Outreach and Extension Education students are required to complete two internships within the agricultural profession. The internships are designed to lead to potential future employment opportunities for students upon graduation.

Students engage behind the scenes with industry and with government agencies at the local, state, and national level.