Agricultural Economics at Mississippi State University

Every agricultural economics school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the ag economics program at Mississippi State University stacks up to those at other schools.

Mississippi State is located in Mississippi State, Mississippi and approximately 22,986 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 7 students received a bachelor's degree in ag economics from Mississippi State.

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.

Mississippi State Agricultural Economics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Ag Economics

Mississippi State Agricultural Economics Rankings

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The ag economics major at Mississippi State 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
	1
	16
	25
	26
	27
	37

In 2021, 0 student received their master’s degree in ag economics from Mississippi State. This is the #29 most popular school for ag economics master’s degree candidates in the country.

Ag Economics Student Demographics at Mississippi State

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

Mississippi State Agricultural Economics Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 7 students earned a bachelor's degree in ag economics from Mississippi State. About 57% of these graduates were women and the other 43% were men. The typical ag economics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 37% women. So female students are more repesented at Mississippi State since its program graduates 20% more women than average.

About 86% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in ag economics at Mississippi State 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 Mississippi State University with a bachelor's in ag economics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	6
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• Agricultural Business
• Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations

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 MS, the home state for Mississippi State University.

Occupation	Jobs in MS	Average Salary in MS
Agricultural Sciences Professors	150	$97,550
Economists	40	$75,450

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.