Agricultural Economics & Business at North Carolina State University

Every agricultural economics and business school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the agricultural business program at North Carolina State University stacks up to those at other schools.

NC State is located in Raleigh, North Carolina and has a total student population of 36,042. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 111 students received a bachelor's degree in agricultural business from NC State.

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

NC State Agricultural Economics & Business Degrees Available

• Basic Certificate in Agricultural Business (Less Than 1 Year)
• Associate’s Degree in Agricultural Business
• Bachelor’s Degree in Agricultural Business

Online Classes Are Available at NC State

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? NC State offers distance education options for agricultural business at the following degree levels:

NC State Agricultural Economics & Business Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks agricultural business programs across the country. The following shows how NC State performed in these rankings.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The agricultural business major at NC State is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Agricultural Economics & Business. 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
	15
	15

In 2021, 0 student received their master’s degree in agricultural business from NC State. This is the #36 most popular school for agricultural business master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of NC State Agricultural Business Graduates

The median salary of agricultural business students who receive their bachelor's degree at NC State is $43,092. This is about the same as the yearly salary of allagricultural business bachelor's degree recipients across the nation.

Agricultural Business Student Demographics at NC State

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the agricultural business majors at North Carolina State University.

NC State Agricultural Economics & Business Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 75% of agricultural business associate's degrees went to men and 25% went to women.

The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in agricultural business at NC State are white. Around 84% fell into this category, which is below average for this degree.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from North Carolina State University with a associate's in agricultural business.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	47
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

NC State Agricultural Economics & Business Bachelor’s Program

Of the 111 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Agricultural Economics & Business from NC State in 2020-2021, 73% were men and 27% were women.

About 87% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in agricultural business at NC State are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from North Carolina State University with a bachelor's in agricultural business.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	97
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

NC State also has a doctoral program available in agricultural business. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Agricultural Mechanization
• Soil Sciences
• Horticulture
• Agricultural Public Services
• Food Science Technology

Careers That Agricultural Business Grads May Go Into

A degree in agricultural business can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for NC, the home state for North Carolina State University.

Occupation	Jobs in NC	Average Salary in NC
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	41,320	$55,560
Computer User Support Specialists	22,860	$52,510
Agricultural Products Graders and Sorters	1,200	$24,750
Agricultural Sciences Professors	760	$50,720
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Worker Supervisors	620	$60,510

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
• Image Credit: By Haruhide000 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.