Agricultural Economics & Business at University of Wisconsin - Platteville

What traits are you looking for in a agricultural business school? To help you decide if University of Wisconsin - Platteville is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's agricultural business program.

UW - Platteville is located in Platteville, Wisconsin and has a total student population of 7,547. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 48 students received a bachelor's degree in agricultural business from UW - Platteville.

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.

UW - Platteville Agricultural Economics & Business Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Agricultural Business

UW - Platteville Agricultural Economics & Business Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the agricultural business progam at UW - Platteville 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 UW - Platteville 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
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	14
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	22
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	27
	32
	34
	36
	36
	42
	51

In 2021, 0 student received their master’s degree in agricultural business from UW - Platteville. This is the #36 most popular school for agricultural business master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of UW - Platteville Agricultural Business Graduates

The median salary of agricultural business students who receive their bachelor's degree at UW - Platteville is $44,803. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 4% higher than the national average of $43,092 for all agricultural business bachelor's degree recipients.

Agricultural Business Student Demographics at UW - Platteville

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

UW - Platteville Agricultural Economics & Business Bachelor’s Program

Of the 48 agricultural business students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from UW - Platteville, about 52% were men and 48% were women. The typical agricultural business bachelor's degree program is made up of only 40% women. So female students are more repesented at UW - Platteville since its program graduates 8% more women than average.

About 100% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in agricultural business at UW - Platteville 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 University of Wisconsin - Platteville with a bachelor's in agricultural business.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	48
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

UW - Platteville 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 University of Wisconsin - Platteville. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations	48

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 WI, the home state for University of Wisconsin - Platteville.

Occupation	Jobs in WI	Average Salary in WI
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	25,690	$55,820
Computer User Support Specialists	11,060	$51,810
Agricultural Products Graders and Sorters	670	$31,840
Agricultural Sciences Professors	340	$85,140
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Worker Supervisors	280	$52,100

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 James Steakley under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.