Agricultural Economics & Business at University of Maryland - College Park

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

UMCP is located in College Park, Maryland and approximately 40,709 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.

UMCP Agricultural Economics & Business Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Agricultural Business

UMCP Agricultural Economics & Business Rankings

The agricultural business major at UMCP 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 UMCP

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

UMCP Agricultural Economics & Business Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 52% of agricultural business bachelor's degrees went to men and 48% 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 UMCP since its program graduates 7% more women than average.

About 56% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in agricultural business at UMCP are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 12% 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 Maryland - College Park with a bachelor's in agricultural business.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	15
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Agricultural Economics & Business

Agricultural Economics & Business majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at University of Maryland - College Park. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Agricultural Economics	36

Related Majors

• Veterinary Biomedical and Clinical Sciences
• Agriculture/Veterinary Preparatory Programs
• General Agriculture
• Plant Sciences
• Veterinary Medicine

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 MD, the home state for University of Maryland - College Park.

Occupation	Jobs in MD	Average Salary in MD
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	38,670	$62,680
Computer User Support Specialists	10,620	$54,880
Economists	700	$116,870
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Worker Supervisors	320	$55,750
Agricultural Products Graders and Sorters	260	$27,240

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 Bgervais under License

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