Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations at Virginia Tech

10% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

If you are interested in studying agribusiness/agricultural business operations, you may want to check out the program at Virginia Tech. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

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 Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations section at the bottom of this page.

Virginia Tech Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Agribusiness

Virginia Tech Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations Rankings

The agribusiness major at Virginia Tech is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations. 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.

Agribusiness Student Demographics at Virginia Tech

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

Virginia Tech Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations Bachelor’s Program

55% Women

10% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 45% of agribusiness bachelor's degrees went to men and 55% went to women. The typical agribusiness bachelor's degree program is made up of only 45% women. So female students are more repesented at Virginia Tech since its program graduates 10% more women than average.

About 90% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in agribusiness 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 agribusiness.

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

Agricultural Economics

Careers That Agribusiness Grads May Go Into

A degree in agribusiness 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
Farmers, Ranchers, and Agricultural Managers	40	$84,630

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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