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Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations at Virginia Tech

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

Virginia Tech is located in Blacksburg, Virginia and approximately 34,683 students attend the school each year. In 2019, 40 agribusiness majors received their bachelor's degree from Virginia Tech.

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.

Virginia Tech Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Agribusiness

Virginia Tech Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks agribusiness programs across the country. The following shows how Virginia Tech performed in these rankings.

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 agribusiness major at Virginia Tech 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 13
Most Popular Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations Bachelor’s Degree Schools 18
Most Popular Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations Schools 22
Most Focused Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations Bachelor’s Degree Schools 47
Most Focused Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations Schools 89

Agribusiness Student Demographics at Virginia Tech

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the agribusiness majors at Virginia Tech.

Virginia Tech Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations Bachelor’s Program

38% Women
8% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
Of the 40 agribusiness students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2018-2019 from Virginia Tech, about 62% were men and 38% were women.

Virginia Tech Gender Breakdown of Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations Bachelor's Degree Grads

About 90% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in agribusiness at Virginia Tech 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 Virginia Tech with a bachelor's in agribusiness.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity of Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations Majors at Virginia Tech
Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 36
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

Virginia Tech also has a doctoral program available in agribusiness. In 2019, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

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 VA, the home state for Virginia Tech.

Occupation Jobs in VA Average Salary in VA
Farmers, Ranchers, and Agricultural Managers 40 $84,630

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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