Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations at North Carolina State University

If you plan to study agribusiness/agricultural business operations, take a look at what North Carolina State University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

NC State is located in Raleigh, North Carolina and has a total student population of 36,042. In 2021, 111 agribusiness majors received their bachelor's degree from NC State.

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

NC State Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations Degrees Available

• Basic Certificate in Agribusiness (Less Than 1 Year)
• Bachelor’s Degree in Agribusiness

Online Classes Are Available at NC State

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

For those who are interested in distance learning, NC State does offer online courses in agribusiness for the following degree levels:

NC State Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the agribusiness progam at NC State 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 agribusiness major at NC State is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations. 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
	2
	3
	4
	5
	11
	13
	18
	25
	28
	30
	32

Agribusiness Student Demographics at NC State

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the agribusiness majors at North Carolina State University.

NC State Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations Bachelor’s Program

Of the 111 agribusiness students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from NC State, about 73% were men and 27% were women.

About 87% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in agribusiness at NC 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 North Carolina State University with a bachelor's in agribusiness.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	97
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

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

Related Majors

• Agricultural Business

Careers That Agribusiness Grads May Go Into

A degree in agribusiness can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for NC, the home state for North Carolina State University.

Occupation	Jobs in NC	Average Salary in NC
Agricultural Sciences Professors	760	$50,720
Farmers, Ranchers, and Agricultural Managers	50	$100,370

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 Haruhide000 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.