Agricultural Economics at Ohio State University - Main Campus

If you are interested in studying agricultural economics, you may want to check out the program at Ohio State University - Main Campus. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Ohio State is located in Columbus, Ohio and approximately 61,369 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 60 ag economics majors received their bachelor's degree from Ohio 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.

Ohio State Agricultural Economics Degrees Available

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

Ohio State Agricultural Economics Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks ag economics programs across the country. The following shows how Ohio State performed in these rankings.

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 Ohio 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
	3
	7
	11
	21

In 2021, 3 students received their master’s degree in ag economics from Ohio State. This makes it the #19 most popular school for ag economics master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 7 students who received their doctoral degrees in ag economics, making the school the #4 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Ag Economics Student Demographics at Ohio State

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

Ohio State Agricultural Economics Bachelor’s Program

Of the 60 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Agricultural Economics from Ohio State in 2020-2021, 60% were men and 40% were women. The typical ag economics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 37% women. So female students are more repesented at Ohio State since its program graduates 3% more women than average.

About 95% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in ag economics at Ohio 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 Ohio State University - Main Campus with a bachelor's in ag economics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	57
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Ohio State Agricultural Economics Master’s Program

Of the 3 students who graduated with a master’s in ag economics from Ohio State in 2021, 33% were men and 67% were women.

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

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

Ohio State also has a doctoral program available in ag economics. In 2021, 7 students 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 OH, the home state for Ohio State University - Main Campus.

Occupation	Jobs in OH	Average Salary in OH
Economists	140	$125,490

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 Michael Barera under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.