Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations at Virginia Tech

What traits are you looking for in a agribusiness school? To help you decide if Virginia Tech is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's agribusiness program.

Virginia Tech is located in Blacksburg, Virginia and approximately 37,024 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 35 students received a bachelor's degree in agribusiness from Virginia Tech.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations section at the bottom of this page.

Virginia Tech Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Agribusiness

Virginia Tech Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks agribusiness programs across the country. The following shows how Virginia Tech 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 agribusiness major at Virginia Tech is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations. 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
	7
	22
	26
	29
	39
	48
	107

Agribusiness Student Demographics at Virginia Tech

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the agribusiness majors at Virginia Tech.

Virginia Tech Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 35 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in agribusiness from Virginia Tech. About 57% were men and 43% were women.

About 80% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in agribusiness at Virginia Tech are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Virginia Tech with a bachelor's in agribusiness.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	28
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Virginia Tech also has a doctoral program available in agribusiness. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Agricultural Economics

Careers That Agribusiness Grads May Go Into

A degree in agribusiness can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for VA, the home state for Virginia Tech.

Occupation	Jobs in VA	Average Salary in VA
Farmers, Ranchers, and Agricultural Managers	40	$84,630

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 Eric T Gunther under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.