Agricultural Economics at Cornell University

What traits are you looking for in a ag economics school? To help you decide if Cornell University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's ag economics program.

Cornell is located in Ithaca, New York and has a total student population of 23,620. Of the 848 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Cornell University in 2021, 182 of them were agricultural economics majors.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Agricultural Economics section at the bottom of this page.

Cornell Agricultural Economics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Ag Economics
• Master’s Degree in Ag Economics

Cornell Agricultural Economics Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the ag economics progam at Cornell compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The ag economics major at Cornell is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Agricultural Economics. 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.

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In 2021, 44 students received their master’s degree in ag economics from Cornell. This makes it the #1 most popular school for ag economics master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 0 student who received their doctoral degrees in ag economics, making the school the #16 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Ag Economics Student Demographics at Cornell

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the ag economics majors at Cornell University.

Cornell Agricultural Economics Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 182 ag economics majors earned their bachelor's degree from Cornell. Of these graduates, 53% were men and 47% were women. The typical ag economics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 37% women. So female students are more repesented at Cornell since its program graduates 10% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 27% more racial-ethnic minorities in its ag economics bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Cornell University with a bachelor's in ag economics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	39
Black or African American	12
Hispanic or Latino	23
White	74
International Students	14
Other Races/Ethnicities	20

Cornell Agricultural Economics Master’s Program

Of the 44 ag economics students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from Cornell, about 43% were men and 57% were women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Cornell University with a master's in ag economics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	10
International Students	30
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Cornell also has a doctoral program available in ag economics. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

Careers That Ag Economics Grads May Go Into

A degree in ag economics can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for NY, the home state for Cornell University.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Economists	750	$127,520
Agricultural Sciences Professors	390	$99,920

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 Notyourbroom under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.