Agricultural Economics & Business at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

If you are interested in studying agricultural economics & business, you may want to check out the program at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

UIUC is located in Champaign, Illinois and approximately 52,679 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.

UIUC Agricultural Economics & Business Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Agricultural Business

UIUC Agricultural Economics & Business Rankings

The agricultural business major at UIUC 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 UIUC

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

UIUC Agricultural Economics & Business Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 71% of agricultural business bachelor's degrees went to men and 29% went to women.

About 64% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in agricultural business at UIUC are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 14% 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 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a bachelor's in agricultural business.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	21
Black or African American	10
Hispanic or Latino	46
White	164
International Students	10
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Concentrations Within Agricultural Economics & Business

If you plan to be a agricultural business major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Agricultural Economics	227

Related Majors

• Agricultural Production
• Veterinary Biomedical and Clinical Sciences
• Agricultural Public Services
• Plant 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 IL, the home state for University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	40,540	$59,170
Computer User Support Specialists	24,920	$53,020
Agricultural Products Graders and Sorters	900	$26,980
Economists	380	$108,690
Agricultural Sciences Professors	380	$88,640

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
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