Undergraduate Certificates in Agricultural Economics & Business

Among those who recently graduated from the schools offering this degree, the majority were men, and 8% were students from an underrepresented racial-ethnic group. Also, 0.3% of agricultural business graduates were international students.

Education Levels of Agricultural Business Majors

In 2020-2021, 400 undergraduate certificates were awarded to agricultural business majors. The following table shows the number of diplomas awarded in agricultural business at each degree level.

Education Level	Number of Grads
Bachelor’s Degree	5,097
Associate Degree	1,544
Basic Certificate	647
Undergraduate Certificate	400
Master’s Degree	326
Doctor’s Degree	76
Graduate Certificate	8

Earnings of Agricultural Business Majors With Undergraduate Certificates

The median salary for graduates holding an undergraduate certificate in agricultural business is $37,096. This number may vary for a lot of reasons. For instance, you may decide to move to a location where people with your degree are rare and make more money. A better approximation of salary is to look at the typical range of salaries. In this case the low is $35,683 and the high is $38,362.

Student Debt

The median student debt for graduates holding an undergraduate certificate in agricultural business is $10,000. The school you go to and how long it takes you to graduate, among other things, can cause this number to vary. The chart below shows the range of accumulated debt loads. On the high side of the range, $11,000 is the debt load, and the debt load on the low side is $9,000.

Student Diversity

More men than women pursue undergraduate certificates in agricultural business. About 65.3% of graduates in this field are male.

Gender	Number of Grads
Men	261
Women	139

The racial-ethnic distribution of agricultural business undergraduate certificate students is as follows:

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	1
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	15
White	355
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	21

Related Majors

Below are some popular majors that are similar to agricultural business that offer undergraduate certificates.

Major	Annual Degrees Awarded
	2,682
Horticulture	407
Agricultural Production	394
Agricultural Mechanization	240
Animal Services	228

References

*The racial-ethnic minority student 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 percentage of racial-ethnic minorities.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Bureau of Labor Statistics
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