Agricultural Economics at Cornell University

42% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

If you plan to study agricultural economics, take a look at what Cornell University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Cornell is located in Ithaca, New York and has a total student population of 23,620.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Agricultural Economics section at the bottom of this page.

Cornell Agricultural Economics Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Ag Economics

Cornell Agricultural Economics Rankings

The ag economics major at Cornell is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Agricultural Economics. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

There were 0 student who received their doctoral degrees in ag economics, making the school the #16 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Ag Economics Student Demographics at Cornell

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the ag economics majors at Cornell University.

Cornell Agricultural Economics Bachelor’s Program

41% Women

42% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 59% of ag economics bachelor's degrees went to men and 41% went to women. The typical ag economics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 37% women. So female students are more repesented at Cornell since its program graduates 4% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 20% more racial-ethnic minorities in its ag economics bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Cornell University with a bachelor's in ag economics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	46
Black or African American	15
Hispanic or Latino	34
White	113
International Students	15
Other Races/Ethnicities	31

Careers That Ag Economics Grads May Go Into

A degree in ag economics can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for NY, the home state for Cornell University.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Economists	750	$127,520
Agricultural Sciences Professors	390	$99,920

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

College Factual
National Center for Education Statistics
O*NET Online
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