California FFA Membership
Today, there are more than 95,000 FFA members, in 338 High Schools and Middle Schools in California.

 

• 46% of FFA members are female; women hold more than 50% of state leadership positions.

• 53% of our membership is Hispanic; 48% is Caucasian and 3% is African-American.

• 97% of FFA members are in grades 9-12; 3% are high school graduates.

• Nationally, the top five membership states are Texas, California, Georgia, Oklahoma and Missouri.

 

Education - California
More than 761 FFA advisors and agriculture teachers deliver an integrated model of Agricultural Education             providing students with innovative and leading-edge education, enabling them to grow into competent leaders.

 

• Agricultural Education Departments offer Agriscience, Agricultural Mechanics, Ornamental Horticulture, Animal Science, Agricultural Business, Plant and Soil Science, Forestry and Natural Resources.

• In 2011 Agricultural Education Departments offered more than 1,400 classes that met the California A-G University Admission Requirements.

 

Career Exploration - National
FFA classroom activities include math and science as well as hands-on work experience and the development of life skills, helping members discover their career path and realize success.

• Collectively, FFA members earn more than $4 billion annually through their hands-on work experience.

• Members participate and learn advanced career skills in 49 national proficiency areas based on their hands-on work experiences ranging from agricultural communications and food science and technology to turf grass management and wildlife production and management.

• According to a student magazine readership study, 87% of our students are interested in learning about career exploration, 81% about college preparation and 81% about technology.

• Through 25 national career development events and one activity, FFA members are challenged to real-life, hands-on tests of skills used to prepare them for more than 300 careers in agriculture.

 

Industry Support - National 
In 2014, corporate sponsors and individuals provided more than $23 million in financial support to FFA to support agricultural programs and activities and offer scholarships.

• The National FFA Foundation has raised more than $200 million for the National FFA Organization since 1944.

• More than 3,000 sponsors and individual donors provided more than $19 million for FFA and agricultural programs and activities in 2013.

• In 2014, 126 sponsors provided more than 1,700 individual scholarships worth more than $2.2 million through the National FFA Organization.

• To date, more than $36 million in FFA collegiate scholarships have been awarded to students pursuing higher education.

• In 2012, American FFA Degree recipients earned and productively invested a total of $103 million through their supervised agricultural experience programs.

• At the National FFA Convention & Expo, the exhibit halls utilize more than 225,000 net square feet, attracting more than 400 exhibitors and vendors.