A study was conducted (1) to determine the career patterns of graduates in agricultural education from the University of Florida during the period 1975-1985 and (2) to assess their perceptions of the effectiveness of selected aspects of the program in agricultural education in preparing them for careers. Questionnaires were developed and sent to 189 graduates; 129 usable questionnaires were returned. Based on an analysis of the returns, the following results and conclusions were reported: (1) graduates perceived their coursework as above average to good, especially their courses in agricultural education; (2) graduates believed that the amount of preprofessional and agricultural education coursework should be maintained at its present level; (3) graduates perceived the quality of advising and teaching by the faculty to be of very high quality; (4) graduates tended to be male, married, living in small communities, teaching in single teacher vocational agriculture departments, living relatively close to their home towns, and having completed or being in the process of completing education beyond the bachelor's degree; (5) more than 75 percent of the graduates intended to teach vocational agriculture after graduation, and 67 percent of the graduates are currently teachers in some field (60 percent in vocational agriculture); and (6) almost 75 percent of the graduates would major in agricultural education again. Thirty-one tables are included and the study instrument and related correspondence are appended. (KC)