by our College Data Analytics TeamAgricultural & Food Products Processing is a concentration offered under the food processing major at Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the associate degree program in agricultural processing, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, and more.
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In 2019-2020, the average part-time undergraduate tuition at A-B Tech was $268 per credit hour for out-of-state students. The average for in-state students was $76 per credit hour. The average full-time tuition and fees for undergraduates are shown in the table below.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $2,432 | $8,576 |
| Fees | $200 | $200 |
| Books and Supplies | $2,000 | $2,000 |
Learn more about A-B Tech tuition and fees.
Online degrees for the A-B Tech agricultural processing associate degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the A-B Tech Online Learning page.
Women made up around 25.0% of the agricultural processing students who took home an associate degree in 2019-2020. This is less than the nationwide number of 45.1%.
Around 16.7% of agricultural processing associate degree recipients at A-B Tech in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 22%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 0 |
| Black or African American | 0 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 2 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 9 |
| International Students | 0 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 1 |
*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.
