Agricultural Business Operations
Add ComparisonIn 2021, the locations with the highest concentration of Agricultural Business Operations degree recipients are College Station, TX, Ames, IA, and Raleigh, NC. In 2021, the locations with a relatively high number of Agricultural Business Operations degree recipients are Martin, TN, Goodwell, OK, and Havre, MT. The most common degree awarded to students studying Agricultural Business Operations is a bachelors degree.
Information about the types of higher education institutions that grant degrees in Agricultural Business Operations and the types of students that study this field. Texas A & M University-College Station awards the most degrees in Agricultural Business Operations in the US, but Feather River Community College District (114433) and The University of Tennessee-Martin have the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Agricultural Business Operations.
The most common sector, by number of institutions, that offers Agricultural Business Operations programs are Public, 2-year institutions (86 total). The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded, is Public, 4-year or above (2,379 completions).
The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded in Agricultural Business Operations, is Public, 4-year or above (2,379 completions in 2021).
The following chart shows the share of universities that offer Agricultural Business Operations programs, by the total number of completions, colored and grouped by their sector.
Texas A & M University-College Station has the most Agricultural Business Operations degree recipients, with 188 degrees awarded in 2021.
The following bar chart shows the state tuition for the top 5 institutions with the most degrees awarded in Agricultural Business Operations.
Out of all institutions that offer Agricultural Business Operations programs and have at least 5 graduates in those programs, Feather River Community College District (114433) has the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Agricultural Business Operations, with 9.77%.
This map shows the counties in the United States colored by the highest number of degrees awarded in Agricultural Business Operations by year.
This map shows the counties in the United States colored by the highest growth in degrees awarded for Agricultural Business Operations.
Information on the businesses and industries that employ Agriculture graduates and on wages and locations for those in the field.
The average salary for Agriculture majors is $80,028 and the most common occupations are Farmers, ranchers, & other agricultural managers, Other managers, and Veterinarians.
The industry that employs the most Agriculture majors is Farming, though the highest paying industry, by average wage, is Railroad rolling stock manufacturing.
The average salary for Agriculture majors is $80,028 and the most common occupations are Farmers, ranchers, & other agricultural managers, Other managers, and Veterinarians.
This chart shows the average annual salaries of the most common occupations for Agriculture majors.
This map shows the public use micro areas (PUMAs) in the United States colored by the average salary of Agriculture majors.
Note that the census collects information tied to where people live, not where they work. It is possible that Agriculture majors live and work in the same place, but it is also possible that they live and work in two different places.
The most common occupations Agriculture majors, by number of employees, are Farmers, ranchers, & other agricultural managers, Other managers, and Veterinarians.
Compared to other majors, there are an unusually high number of Agriculture majors working as Agricultural & food scientists, Veterinarians, and Conservation scientists & foresters.
The highest paid occupations by median income for Agriculture majors are Surgeons, Physicians, and Nurse anesthetists.
The number of Agriculture graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 2.16%, from 537,605 in 2020 to 549,217 in 2021.
The largest single share of Agriculture graduates go on to work as Farmers, ranchers, & other agricultural managers (5.2%). This chart shows the various jobs filled by those with a major in Agriculture by share of the total number of graduates.
The most common industries that employ Agriculture majors, by number of employees, are Farming, Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges, and Elementary & secondary schools.
The highest paying industries of Agriculture majors, by average wage, are Railroad rolling stock manufacturing, Sporting & athletic goods, & doll, toy & game manufacturing , and Miscellaneous durable goods merchant wholesalers.
The number of Agriculture graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 2.16%, from 537,605 in 2020 to 549,217 in 2021.
The industry which employs the most Agriculture graduates by share is Farming, followed by Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges. This visualization shows the industries that hire those who major in Agriculture.
This map shows the public use micro areas (PUMAs) in the United States where there are a relatively high population of Agriculture majors.
Note that the census collects information tied to where people live, not where they work. It is possible that Agriculture majors live and work in the same place, but it is also possible that they live and work in two different places.
Demographic information for those who earn a degree in Agriculture in the United States.
The average age of a person in the workforce with a degree in Agriculture is 44.2.
The most common degree type these workers hold is a Bachelors Degree. Male employees are more likely to hold Agriculture degrees, and White students are the most common race/ethnicty group awarded degrees in Agriculture (2,383 students).
This chart shows distribution of ages for employees with a degree in Agriculture. The most common ages of employees with this major are 26 and 24 years old, which represent 2.72% and 2.63% of the population, respectively.
The most common degree types awarded to students graduating in Agricultural Business Operations are Bachelors Degree, Associates Degree, and 1 to 2 Year Postsecondary Certificate.
The most common degree types held by the working population in Agriculture are Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree, and Professional degree.
This chart shows the granted degrees by sex at the 5 institutions that graduate the most students in Agricultural Business Operations.
This chart shows the number of degrees awarded in Agricultural Business Operations for each race & ethnicity. White students earned the largest share of the degrees with this major.
This chart illustrates the differences by sex for each race & ethnicity of Bachelors Degree recipients in Agricultural Business Operations.
White Male students, who earn most of the degrees in this field, are the most common combination of race/ethnicity and sex.
There are a relatively high number of people that were born in Zimbabwe that hold Agriculture degrees (6.4 times more than expected), and the most common country of origin by total numbers for non-US students earning a degree in this field is China (7,006 degree recipients).
