Agricultural Economics & Business at West Virginia University

If you plan to study agricultural economics and business, take a look at what West Virginia University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

WVU is located in Morgantown, West Virginia and approximately 26,269 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 45 students received a bachelor's degree in agricultural business from WVU.

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.

WVU Agricultural Economics & Business Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Agricultural Business

WVU Agricultural Economics & Business Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the agricultural business progam at WVU 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 WVU 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
	36
	36
	40
	49
	81

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

How Much Do Agricultural Business Graduates from WVU Make?

The median salary of agricultural business students who receive their bachelor's degree at WVU is $37,948. 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 WVU

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

WVU Agricultural Economics & Business Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 45 students earned a bachelor's degree in agricultural business from WVU. About 29% of these graduates were women and the other 71% were men.

About 87% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in agricultural business at WVU 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 West Virginia University with a bachelor's in agricultural business.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	39
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

WVU 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 West Virginia University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Agricultural Economics	45

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 WV, the home state for West Virginia University.

Occupation	Jobs in WV	Average Salary in WV
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	8,830	$46,650
Computer User Support Specialists	1,960	$44,290
Farm and Home Management Advisors	140	$55,450
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Worker Supervisors	70	$45,520
Economists	50	$68,430

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 Swimmerguy269 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.