Agricultural Economics & Business at Oregon State University

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

Oregon State is located in Corvallis, Oregon and approximately 32,312 students attend the school each year.

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.

Oregon State Agricultural Economics & Business Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Agricultural Business

Oregon State Agricultural Economics & Business Rankings

The agricultural business major at Oregon 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.

Agricultural Business Student Demographics at Oregon State

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

Oregon State Agricultural Economics & Business Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of agricultural business bachelor's degrees went to men and 50% went to women. The typical agricultural business bachelor's degree program is made up of only 41% women. So female students are more repesented at Oregon State since its program graduates 9% more women than average.

About 75% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in agricultural business at Oregon State are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 1% more racial-ethnic minorities in its agricultural business bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	12
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within Agricultural Economics & Business

The following agricultural business concentations are available at Oregon State University. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Oregon State University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Agricultural Business	20
Agricultural Economics	17

Related Majors

• Agricultural Production
• Soil Sciences
• Horticulture
• Veterinary Biomedical and Clinical Sciences
• 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 OR, the home state for Oregon State University.

Occupation	Jobs in OR	Average Salary in OR
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	14,310	$57,600
Computer User Support Specialists	7,980	$53,380
Agricultural Products Graders and Sorters	1,770	$26,380
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Worker Supervisors	800	$49,610
Farm and Home Management Advisors	250	$71,140

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 Gregkeene under License

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