The number of graduates nearly quadrupled, with the strongest increases occurring in the 2000s. General crop and livestock production disciplines concentrated the largest proportion of courses and students, followed by veterinary. The forest engineering and fishing disciplines are gaining in importance. For example, the State of Sao Paulo hosts four prominent universities in Agricultural Sciences: Universidade de Sao Paulo (USP), Universidade Federal de Sao Carlos (UFSCar), Universidade Estadual Paulista “Julio Mesquita Filho” (Unesp) and Universidade Estadual de Campinas (Unicamp).