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Description:
Students in the Agricultural Economics Concentration focus upon preparation for
graduate school and professional agricultural economics positions. Their course
of study is dominated by agricultural economics, economics, and quantitative
courses. Many students will explore career opportunities with an
internship between their junior and senior years.
Credits Required:
The major requires 120 credits. Forty-two credits must be junior or senior level
courses. In the Agricultural Economics Concentration there are 42 credits of
economics and agricultural economics; 6 credits of business; 18 credits of
technical agriculture; 15 credits of mathematics, statistics and computer
courses and 9 credits of free electives.
Careers and Employers:
Students who complete the Agricultural Economics Concentration in the
Agricultural Economics major seek careers as agricultural statisticians,
agricultural consultants, and enter graduate or law school. Recent graduates
have taken entry-level positions with the National Agricultural Statistics
Service, USDA—Foreign Agricultural Service, and private consulting.
Starting Salaries:
Last year about 65% of the graduates of the Department of Agricultural and
Resource Economics had jobs (including returning to the farm/ranch or going on
the graduate school) at the time of graduation. Starting salaries averaged
about $30,000 with the top students receiving offers of more than $40,000.
For More Information:
Contact the Undergraduate Coordinator for the Department of Agricultural and
Resource Economics .
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