Agricultural Economics & Business at Oregon State University

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

Oregon State is located in Corvallis, Oregon and approximately 32,312 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 37 agricultural business majors received their bachelor's degree from Oregon State.

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.

Oregon State Agricultural Economics & Business Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Agricultural Business

Oregon State Agricultural Economics & Business Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks agricultural business programs across the country. The following shows how Oregon State performed in these rankings.

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 agricultural business major at Oregon State is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Agricultural Economics & Business. 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
	46
	61
	72
	76

Earnings of Oregon State Agricultural Business Graduates

The median salary of agricultural business students who receive their bachelor's degree at Oregon State is $38,770. This is less than $43,092, which is the national average of all agricultural business majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Agricultural Business Student Demographics at Oregon State

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the agricultural business majors at Oregon State University.

Oregon State Agricultural Economics & Business Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 37 students earned a bachelor's degree in agricultural business from Oregon State. About 43% of these graduates were women and the other 57% were men. The typical agricultural business bachelor's degree program is made up of only 40% women. So female students are more repesented at Oregon State since its program graduates 3% more women than average.

About 84% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in agricultural business at Oregon 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 Oregon State University with a bachelor's in agricultural business.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	31
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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

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 Oregon State University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Agricultural Business	20
Agricultural Economics	17

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 OR, the home state for Oregon State University.

Occupation	Jobs in OR	Average Salary in OR
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	14,310	$57,600
Computer User Support Specialists	7,980	$53,380
Agricultural Products Graders and Sorters	1,770	$26,380
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Worker Supervisors	800	$49,610
Farm and Home Management Advisors	250	$71,140

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 Gregkeene under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.