Agricultural Economics & Business is a major offered under the agriculture and agriculture operations program of study at Iowa State University. We’ve gathered data and other essential information about the bachelor’s degree program in agricultural business, such as diversity of students, how many students graduated in recent times, and more.
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If you're having trouble deciding which school is best for you, you may want to check out our many college rankings. Iowa State is in the top 10% of the country for agricultural business. More specifically it was ranked #9 out of 122 schools by College Factual. It is also ranked #2 in Iowa.
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During the 2019-2020 academic year, part-time undergraduate students at Iowa State paid an average of $968 per credit hour if they came to the school from out-of-state. In-state students paid a discounted rate of $336 per credit hour. Information about average full-time undergraduate tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
In State | Out of State | |
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Tuition | $8,042 | $23,230 |
Fees | $1,274 | $1,274 |
Books and Supplies | $1,001 | $1,001 |
On Campus Room and Board | $9,193 | $9,193 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $2,430 | $2,430 |
Learn more about Iowa State tuition and fees.
One factor in determining the overall cost in a degree is to consider how much in student loans you’ll have to take out. Agricultural Business students who received their bachelor’s degree at Iowa State took out an average of $19,774 in student loans. That is 5% higher than the national average of $18,856.
agricultural business who receive their bachelor’s degree from Iowa State make an average of $48,958 a year during the early days of their career. That is 20% higher than the national average of $40,788.
Iowa State does not offer an online option for its agricultural business bachelor’s degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Iowa State Online Learning page.
Women made up around 28.7% of the agricultural business students who took home a bachelor’s degree in 2019-2020. This is less than the nationwide number of 38.0%.
Around 1.7% of agricultural business bachelor’s degree recipients at Iowa State in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 15%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 0 |
Black or African American | 0 |
Hispanic or Latino | 3 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 |
White | 210 |
International Students | 1 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 15 |
Agricultural Economics & Business students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
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Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations | 118 |
Farm/Farm & Ranch Management | 112 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to agricultural economics and business.
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Agricultural Mechanization | 60 |
International Agriculture | 52 |
Animal Science | 226 |
Food Science Technology | 52 |
Plant Sciences | 133 |
*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.