Agricultural Economics at West Virginia University

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

WVU is located in Morgantown, West Virginia and approximately 26,269 students attend the school each year. Of the 710 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from West Virginia University in 2021, 45 of them were agricultural economics majors.

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

WVU Agricultural Economics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Ag Economics

WVU Agricultural Economics Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the ag economics 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 ag economics major at WVU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Agricultural Economics. 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
	26
	29
	33

In 2021, 0 student received their master’s degree in ag economics from WVU. This is the #29 most popular school for ag economics master’s degree candidates in the country.

Ag Economics Student Demographics at WVU

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

WVU Agricultural Economics Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 45 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in ag economics from WVU. About 71% were men and 29% were women.

About 87% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in ag economics 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 ag economics.

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 ag economics. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

Careers That Ag Economics Grads May Go Into

A degree in ag economics 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
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.