Agricultural Economics & Business at Cuesta College

If you plan to study agricultural economics and business, take a look at what Cuesta College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Cuesta College is located in San Luis Obispo, California and approximately 10,093 students attend the school each year.

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.

Cuesta College Agricultural Economics & Business Degrees Available

• Associate’s Degree in Agricultural Business

Cuesta College Agricultural Economics & Business Rankings

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Agricultural Business Student Demographics at Cuesta College

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the agricultural business majors at Cuesta College.

Cuesta College Agricultural Economics & Business Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of agricultural business associate's degrees went to men and 50% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in agricultural business only graduates about 40% women each year. The program at Cuesta College may seem more female-friendly since it graduates 10% more women than average.

Cuesta College does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in agricultural business graduates 29% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Cuesta College with a associate's in agricultural business.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	8
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within Agricultural Economics & Business

If you plan to be a agricultural business major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Cuesta College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations	16

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 CA, the home state for Cuesta College.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	166,870	$62,560
Computer User Support Specialists	70,510	$66,350
Agricultural Products Graders and Sorters	9,680	$25,140
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Worker Supervisors	6,790	$47,360
Farmers, Ranchers, and Agricultural Managers	1,460	$91,670

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.