Agricultural Economics & Business at Virginia Tech

If you plan to study agricultural economics and 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. Of the 7,699 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Virginia Tech in 2021, 35 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.

Virginia Tech Agricultural Economics & Business Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at Virginia Tech

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Virginia Tech does offer online education options in agricultural business for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

• Master’s Degree

Virginia Tech Agricultural Economics & Business Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the agricultural business progam at Virginia Tech 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 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Agricultural Economics Schools	24
Most Focused Agricultural Economics Master’s Degree Schools	25
Most Popular Agricultural Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	47
Most Popular Agricultural Economics Schools	52

In 2021, 6 students received their master’s degree in agricultural business from Virginia Tech. This makes it the #16 most popular school for agricultural business master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do Agricultural Business Graduates from Virginia Tech Make?

The median salary of agricultural business students who receive their bachelor's degree at Virginia Tech is $43,242. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 0% higher than the national average of $43,092 for all agricultural business bachelor's degree recipients.

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

Of the 35 agricultural business students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Virginia Tech, about 57% were men and 43% were women. The typical agricultural business bachelor's degree program is made up of only 40% women. So female students are more repesented at Virginia Tech since its program graduates 3% more women than average.

About 80% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in agricultural business at Virginia Tech 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 Virginia Tech with a bachelor's in agricultural business.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	28
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Virginia Tech Agricultural Economics & Business Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 6 students earned a master's degree in agricultural business from Virginia Tech. About 33% of these graduates were women and the other 67% were men.

Of the students who received a agricultural business master's degree from Virginia Tech, 83% were white. This is above 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.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	5
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Virginia Tech 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
• Agricultural Production
• General Agriculture
• Plant Sciences
• Animal Science

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Eric T Gunther under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.