Agricultural Economics & Business at Tarleton State University

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

Tarleton is located in Stephenville, Texas and has a total student population of 14,016. In 2021, 47 agricultural business majors received their bachelor's degree from Tarleton.

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.

Tarleton Agricultural Economics & Business Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Agricultural Business

Tarleton Agricultural Economics & Business Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the agricultural business progam at Tarleton 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 agricultural business major at Tarleton 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
	35
	43
	45
	52
	69
	72
	85
	88
	116

Earnings of Tarleton Agricultural Business Graduates

The median salary of agricultural business students who receive their bachelor's degree at Tarleton is $38,145. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $43,092 for all agricultural business students.

Agricultural Business Student Demographics at Tarleton

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

Tarleton Agricultural Economics & Business Bachelor’s Program

Of the 47 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Agricultural Economics & Business from Tarleton in 2020-2021, 57% were men and 43% were women. The typical agricultural business bachelor's degree program is made up of only 40% women. So female students are more repesented at Tarleton since its program graduates 3% more women than average.

About 83% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in agricultural business at Tarleton are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 2% more racial-ethnic minorities in its agricultural business bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Tarleton State University with a bachelor's in agricultural business.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	39
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Tarleton 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

The following agricultural business concentations are available at Tarleton State University. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Tarleton State University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Agricultural Economics	36
Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations	11

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 TX, the home state for Tarleton State University.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	117,010	$59,580
Computer User Support Specialists	60,380	$52,250
Agricultural Products Graders and Sorters	5,540	$24,440
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Worker Supervisors	1,280	$52,170
Agricultural Sciences Professors	1,010	$93,580

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 Billy Hathorn under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.