Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations at South Dakota State University

Every agribusiness/agricultural business operations school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the agribusiness program at South Dakota State University stacks up to those at other schools.

South Dakota State is located in Brookings, South Dakota and has a total student population of 12,104. In the 2018-2019 academic year, 63 students received a bachelor's degree in agribusiness from South Dakota State.

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.

South Dakota State Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Agribusiness

South Dakota State Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks agribusiness programs across the country. The following shows how South Dakota State 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 South Dakota State 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
Best Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations Bachelor’s Degree Schools	8
Best Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations Schools	11
Most Popular Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations Bachelor’s Degree Schools	11
Most Focused Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations Bachelor’s Degree Schools	11
Most Popular Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations Schools	13
Most Focused Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations Schools	22

Agribusiness Student Demographics at South Dakota State

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the agribusiness majors at South Dakota State University.

South Dakota State Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations Bachelor’s Program

Of the 63 agribusiness students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2018-2019 from South Dakota State, about 70% were men and 30% were women.

About 98% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in agribusiness at South Dakota State 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 South Dakota State University with a bachelor's in agribusiness.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	62
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

South Dakota State also has a doctoral program available in agribusiness. In 2019, 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 SD, the home state for South Dakota State University.

Occupation	Jobs in SD	Average Salary in SD
Agricultural Sciences Professors	80	$81,860

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 AlexiusHoratius under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.