Agricultural Economics & Business at Northwest Missouri 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 Northwest Missouri State University stacks up to those at other schools.

Northwest is located in Maryville, Missouri and has a total student population of 7,267. In 2021, 63 agricultural business majors received their bachelor's degree from Northwest.

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.

Northwest Agricultural Economics & Business Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Agricultural Business

Northwest Agricultural Economics & Business Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The agricultural business major at Northwest 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
Most Popular Agricultural Economics Schools	28
	65

Earnings of Northwest Agricultural Business Graduates

The median salary of agricultural business students who receive their bachelor's degree at Northwest is $40,533. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $43,092 for all agricultural business students.

Agricultural Business Student Demographics at Northwest

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

Northwest Agricultural Economics & Business Bachelor’s Program

The agricultural business program at Northwest awarded 63 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 59% of these degrees went to men with the other 41% going to women. The typical agricultural business bachelor's degree program is made up of only 40% women. So female students are more repesented at Northwest since its program graduates 1% more women than average.

About 97% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in agricultural business at Northwest 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 Northwest Missouri State University with a bachelor's in agricultural business.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	61
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• Agriculture/Veterinary Preparatory Programs
• Animal Science
• Plant Sciences
• General Agriculture

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 MO, the home state for Northwest Missouri State University.

Occupation	Jobs in MO	Average Salary in MO
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	22,150	$57,800
Computer User Support Specialists	13,140	$47,600
Agricultural Products Graders and Sorters	770	$27,630
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Worker Supervisors	290	$49,280
Economists	250	$112,240

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 poster under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.