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

Oregon State is located in Corvallis, Oregon and approximately 32,312 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 37 agricultural business majors received their bachelor's degree from Oregon 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.

Oregon State Agricultural Economics & Business Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Agricultural Business

Oregon State Agricultural Economics & Business Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the agricultural business progam at Oregon State compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Agricultural Economics Schools	76

Earnings of Oregon State Agricultural Business Graduates

The median salary of agricultural business students who receive their bachelor's degree at Oregon State is $38,770. This is less than $43,092, which is the national average of all agricultural business majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

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

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 37 agricultural business majors earned their bachelor's degree from Oregon State. Of these graduates, 57% were men and 43% were women. The typical agricultural business bachelor's degree program is made up of only 40% women. So female students are more repesented at Oregon State since its program graduates 3% more women than average.

About 84% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in agricultural business at Oregon 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 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	31
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Oregon 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 Production
• Soil Sciences
• Horticulture
• Food Science Technology
• Plant Sciences

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.