Agricultural Economics & Business at University of Delaware

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

UD is located in Newark, Delaware and has a total student population of 23,613. Of the 4,743 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Delaware in 2021, 20 of them were agricultural economics and business majors.

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.

UD Agricultural Economics & Business Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Agricultural Business

UD Agricultural Economics & Business Rankings

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

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The agricultural business major at UD 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
	32

Earnings of UD Agricultural Business Graduates

The median salary of agricultural business students who receive their bachelor's degree at UD is $51,351. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 19% higher than the national average of $43,092 for all agricultural business bachelor's degree recipients.

Agricultural Business Student Demographics at UD

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

UD Agricultural Economics & Business Bachelor’s Program

Of the 20 agricultural business students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from UD, about 75% were men and 25% were women.

About 80% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in agricultural business at UD are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	16
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

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

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 DE, the home state for University of Delaware.

Occupation	Jobs in DE	Average Salary in DE
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	5,130	$62,700
Computer User Support Specialists	1,830	$58,780
Agricultural Products Graders and Sorters	150	$26,690
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Worker Supervisors	90	$54,780
Farm and Home Management Advisors	90	$56,620

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 Ottawa80 at English Wikipedia under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.