Agricultural/Animal/Plant/Veterinary Science and Related Fields
Agricultural Business and Management
Focuses on modern business and economic principles involved in the organization, operation, and management of agricultural enterprises.
Inside the major
Programs within this field
Colleges may offer this field under 7 more specific program names. The program you choose affects the courses you take.
- Agricultural Business and Management, General
- Focuses on modern business and economic principles involved in the organization, operation, and management of agricultural enterprises.
- Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations
- Prepares you to manage agricultural businesses and agriculturally related operations within diversified corporations. Covers agriculture, agricultural specialization, business management, accounting, finance, marketing, planning, human resources management, and other managerial responsibilities.
- Agricultural Economics
- Focuses on the application of economics to the analysis of resource allocation, productivity, investment, and trends in the agricultural sector, both domestically and internationally. Covers economics and related subfields as well as applicable agricultural fields.
- Farm/Farm and Ranch Management
- Prepares you to manage farms, ranches, and similar enterprises. Covers applicable agricultural specialization, business management, accounting, taxation, capitalization, purchasing, government programs and regulations, operational planning and budgeting, contracts and negotiation, and estate planning.
- Agricultural/Farm Supplies Retailing and Wholesaling
- Prepares you to sell agricultural products and supplies, provide support services to agricultural enterprises, and purchase and market agricultural products. Covers basic business management, marketing, retailing and wholesaling operations, and applicable principles of agriculture and agricultural operations.
- Agricultural Business Technology/Technician
- Prepares you to perform specialized support functions related to agricultural business offices and operations and to operate agricultural office equipment, software, and information systems. Covers basic agricultural business principles, office management, equipment operation, standard software, and database management.
- Agricultural Business and Management, Other
- Agricultural business and management not listed above.
Also called Agroeconomics
Where it can lead
Careers this field can lead to
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Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers
- Median pay
- $89,900
- Hiring change through 2035
- −3.4%
- Job openings a year
- 70,800
To get hiredHigh school diploma or equivalent
Explore this career Growing slowlyFirst-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers
- Median pay
- $69,500
- Hiring change through 2035
- 0.1%
- Job openings a year
- 127,400
To get hiredHigh school diploma or equivalent
Explore this career ShrinkingSales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products
- Median pay
- $72,080
- Hiring change through 2035
- −0.9%
- Job openings a year
- 99,800
To get hiredHigh school diploma or equivalent
Explore this career ShrinkingComputer User Support Specialists
- Median pay
- $61,860
- Hiring change through 2035
- −3.5%
- Job openings a year
- 39,700
To get hiredSome college, no degree
Explore this career Growing with the economyFirst-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers
- Median pay
- $59,320
- Hiring change through 2035
- 3.8%
- Job openings a year
- 7,200
To get hiredHigh school diploma or equivalent
Explore this career Growing with the economyAgricultural Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary
- Median pay
- $98,700
- Hiring change through 2035
- 2.9%
- Job openings a year
- 800
To get hiredDoctoral or professional degree
Explore this career Growing with the economyEconomists
- Median pay
- $124,720
- Hiring change through 2035
- 4.7%
- Job openings a year
- 1,100
To get hiredMaster's degree
Explore this career Growing with the economyEconomics Teachers, Postsecondary
- Median pay
- $123,920
- Hiring change through 2035
- 2.4%
- Job openings a year
- 1,000
To get hiredDoctoral or professional degree
Explore this career ShrinkingFarm and Home Management Educators
- Median pay
- $60,220
- Hiring change through 2035
- −3.2%
- Job openings a year
- 800
To get hiredMaster's degree
Explore this careerAll work is projected to grow 3.5% between 2025 and 2035; read every hiring-change figure against it. The figures beside each career are the pay of that work, across everyone doing it. Graduates of this field earn $43,312 one year after completing the program, which is the start of a career rather than the shape of one.
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