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Agricultural Economics & Business at Virginia Tech

Agricultural Economics & Business at Virginia Tech

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

Virginia Tech is located in Blacksburg, Virginia and has a total student population of 37,024.

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.

Virginia Tech Agricultural Economics & Business Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Agricultural Business
  • Master’s Degree in Agricultural Business

Virginia Tech Agricultural Economics & Business Rankings

The agricultural business major at Virginia Tech 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 Virginia Tech

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

Virginia Tech Agricultural Economics & Business Bachelor’s Program

55% Women
10% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 45% of agricultural business bachelor's degrees went to men and 55% 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 Virginia Tech since its program graduates 14% more women than average.

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About 90% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in agricultural business at Virginia Tech 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 Virginia Tech with a bachelor's in agricultural business.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 2
White 26
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

Virginia Tech Agricultural Economics & Business Master’s Program

44% Women
17% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 56% of agricultural business master's degrees went to men and 44% went to women.

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Of the students who received a agricultural business master's degree from Virginia Tech, 72% were white. This is below average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Virginia Tech with a master's in agricultural business.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 13
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 Virginia Tech. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations 35
Agricultural Economics 6

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 VA, the home state for Virginia Tech.

Occupation Jobs in VA Average Salary in VA
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors 38,820 $61,190
Computer User Support Specialists 19,880 $58,290
Economists 1,230 $126,080
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Worker Supervisors 680 $54,190

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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