Agricultural Economics & Business at The University of Tennessee - Knoxville

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

UT Knoxville is located in Knoxville, Tennessee and has a total student population of 30,559. In 2021, 28 agricultural business majors received their bachelor's degree from UT Knoxville.

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.

UT Knoxville Agricultural Economics & Business Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Agricultural Business
• Master’s Degree in Agricultural Business

UT Knoxville Agricultural Economics & Business Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the agricultural business progam at UT Knoxville 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 UT Knoxville 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
	9
	16
	39
	52
	52
	79
	92

In 2021, 9 students received their master’s degree in agricultural business from UT Knoxville. This makes it the #9 most popular school for agricultural business master’s degree candidates in the country.

Agricultural Business Student Demographics at UT Knoxville

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the agricultural business majors at The University of Tennessee - Knoxville.

UT Knoxville Agricultural Economics & Business Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 57% of agricultural business bachelor's degrees went to men and 43% went to women. The typical agricultural business bachelor's degree program is made up of only 40% women. So female students are more repesented at UT Knoxville since its program graduates 3% more women than average.

About 93% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in agricultural business at UT Knoxville 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 The University of Tennessee - Knoxville with a bachelor's in agricultural business.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	26
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

UT Knoxville Agricultural Economics & Business Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 9 agricultural business majors earned their master's degree from UT Knoxville. Of these graduates, 44% were men and 56% were women.

Of the students who received a agricultural business master's degree from UT Knoxville, 67% were white. This is below average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from The University of Tennessee - Knoxville with a master's in agricultural business.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	6
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

UT Knoxville 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 table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at The University of Tennessee - Knoxville. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Agricultural Business	28
Agricultural Economics	9

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 TN, the home state for The University of Tennessee - Knoxville.

Occupation	Jobs in TN	Average Salary in TN
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	35,680	$56,600
Computer User Support Specialists	9,160	$49,340
Agricultural Products Graders and Sorters	330	$26,470
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Worker Supervisors	240	$45,460
Agricultural Sciences Professors	240	$94,200

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 Nightryder84 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.