Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations at Southwestern Community College

If you plan to study agribusiness/agricultural business operations, take a look at what Southwestern Community College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

SWCC is located in Creston, Iowa and approximately 1,503 students attend the school each year.

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

SWCC Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations Degrees Available

Associate’s Degree in Agribusiness

Online Classes Are Available at SWCC

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? SWCC offers distance education options for agribusiness at the following degree levels:

Associate’s Degree

SWCC Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations Rankings

Agribusiness Student Demographics at SWCC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the agribusiness majors at Southwestern Community College.

SWCC Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations Associate’s Program

80% Women

For the most recent academic year available, 20% of agribusiness associate's degrees went to men and 80% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in agribusiness only graduates about 45% women each year. The program at SWCC may seem more female-friendly since it graduates 35% more women than average.

The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in agribusiness at SWCC are white. Around 100% 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 Southwestern Community College with a associate's in agribusiness.

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

Careers That Agribusiness Grads May Go Into

A degree in agribusiness can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for IA, the home state for Southwestern Community College.

Occupation	Jobs in IA	Average Salary in IA
Agricultural Sciences Professors	280	$90,570
Farmers, Ranchers, and Agricultural Managers	140	$82,070

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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