Agricultural Economics & Business at South Dakota State University

Every agricultural economics & 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 South Dakota State University stacks up to those at other schools.

South Dakota State is located in Brookings, South Dakota and has a total student population of 11,405.

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.

South Dakota State Agricultural Economics & Business Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Agricultural Business

South Dakota State Agricultural Economics & Business Rankings

The agricultural business major at South Dakota 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 South Dakota State

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

South Dakota State Agricultural Economics & Business Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 56% of agricultural business bachelor's degrees went to men and 44% 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 South Dakota State since its program graduates 3% more women than average.

About 94% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in agricultural business at South Dakota 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 South Dakota State University with a bachelor's in agricultural business.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	32
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Concentrations Within Agricultural Economics & Business

Agricultural Economics & Business majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from South Dakota State University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations	62

Related Majors

• Veterinary Biomedical and Clinical Sciences
• Horticulture
• Food Science Technology
• Agricultural Mechanization
• Agricultural Production

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 SD, the home state for South Dakota State University.

Occupation	Jobs in SD	Average Salary in SD
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	1,800	$49,000
Computer User Support Specialists	1,200	$38,860
Agricultural Products Graders and Sorters	350	$27,440
Agricultural Sciences Professors	80	$81,860

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 AlexiusHoratius under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.