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Agricultural Production Ops Major

Agricultural Production Ops

99 Bachelor's Degrees Annually
8 Master's Degrees Annually
#682 in Popularity

Types of Degrees Agricultural Production Ops Majors Are Getting

The following table lists how many agricultural production operations graduations there were for each degree level during the last year for which data was available.

Education Level Number of Grads
Associate Degree 306
Undergraduate Certificate 155
Basic Certificate 149
Bachelor’s Degree 91
Master’s Degree 9

What Agricultural Production Ops Majors Need to Know

People with careers related to agricultural production ops were asked what knowledge areas, skills, and abilities were important for their jobs. They weighted these areas on a scale of 1 to 5 with 5 being the highest.

Knowledge Areas for Agricultural Production Ops Majors

Agricultural Production Ops majors often go into careers in which the following knowledge areas are important:

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  • Administration and Management - Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.
  • Food Production - Knowledge of techniques and equipment for planting, growing, and harvesting food products (both plant and animal) for consumption, including storage/handling techniques.
  • Biology - Knowledge of plant and animal organisms, their tissues, cells, functions, interdependencies, and interactions with each other and the environment.
  • Education and Training - Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.
  • Production and Processing - Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods.

Skills for Agricultural Production Ops Majors

When studying agricultural production ops, you’ll learn many skills that will help you be successful in a wide range of jobs - even those that do not require a degree in the field. The following is a list of some of the most common skills needed for careers associated with this major:

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  • Critical Thinking - Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
  • Judgment and Decision Making - Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
  • Active Listening - Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
  • Speaking - Talking to others to convey information effectively.
  • Monitoring - Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.

Abilities for Agricultural Production Ops Majors

Some of the most crucial abilities to master while a agricultural production ops student include the following:

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  • Oral Expression - The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
  • Oral Comprehension - The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
  • Deductive Reasoning - The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
  • Problem Sensitivity - The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem.
  • Inductive Reasoning - The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).

What Can You Do With a Agricultural Production Ops Major?

People with a agricultural production ops degree often go into the following careers:

Job Title Job Growth Rate Median Salary
Agricultural Sciences Professors 7.9% $84,640
First-Line Supervisors of Agricultural Crop and Horticultural Workers 2.1% $46,960

Who Is Getting a Bachelor’s Degree in Agricultural Production Ops?

91 Bachelor's Degrees Annually
41% Percent Women
26% Percent Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
This major attracts more men than women. About 59% of the graduates in this field are male.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

At the countrywide level, the racial-ethnic distribution of agricultural production ops majors is as follows:

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 0
Black or African American 11
Hispanic or Latino 12
White 66
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

Some careers associated with agricultural production ops require an advanced degree while some may not even require a bachelor’s. Whatever the case may be, pursuing more education usually means that more career options will be available to you.

Find out what the typical degree level is for agricultural production ops careers below.

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Education Level Percentage of Workers
Less than a High School Diploma 1.4%
High School Diploma - or the equivalent (for example, GED) 23.7%
Post-Secondary Certificate - awarded for training completed after high school (for example, in agriculture or natural resources, computer services, personal or culinary services, engineering technologies, healthcare, construction trades, mechanic and repair technologies, or precision production) 15.5%
Some College Courses 8.4%
Associate’s Degree (or other 2-year degree) 5.3%
Bachelor’s Degree 17.0%
Post-Baccalaureate Certificate - awarded for completion of an organized program of study; designed for people who have completed a Baccalaureate degree but do not meet the requirements of academic degrees carrying the title of Master. 0.1%
Master’s Degree 4.2%
Post-Master’s Certificate - awarded for completion of an organized program of study; designed for people who have completed a Master’s degree but do not meet the requirements of academic degrees at the doctoral level. 0.2%
Doctoral Degree 16.3%
Post-Doctoral Training 8.0%

Online Agricultural Production Ops Programs

The following table lists the number of programs by degree level, along with how many schools offered online courses in the field.

Degree Level Colleges Offering Programs Colleges Offering Online Classes
Certificate (Less Than 1 Year) 0 0
Certificate (1-2 years) 30 1
Certificate (2-4 Years) 2 0
Associate’s Degree 51 2
Bachelor’s Degree 1 0
Post-Baccalaureate 0 0
Master’s Degree 2 1
Post-Master’s 0 0
Doctor’s Degree (Research) 1 0
Doctor’s Degree (Professional Practice) 0 0
Doctor’s Degree (Other) 0 0

You may also be interested in one of the following majors related to agricultural production ops.

Major Number of Grads
Animal/Livestock Husbandry & Production 900
Agroecology & Sustainable Agriculture 704
Crop Production 506
Horse Husbandry/Equine Science & Management 480
Aquaculture 147
Dairy Husbandry & Production 66
Agricultural Production Operations 9

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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