The main focus area for this major is Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
Agricultural Economics & Business is a major offered under the agriculture and agriculture operations program of study at Merced College. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the associate degree program in agricultural business, 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 Merced Community College District was $261 per credit hour for out-of-state students. The average for in-state students was $46 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 | $1,104 | $6,264 |
Fees | $76 | $76 |
Books and Supplies | $1,971 | $1,971 |
Learn more about Merced Community College District tuition and fees.
Merced Community College District does not offer an online option for its agricultural business associate degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Merced Community College District Online Learning page.
Of the students who received their associate degree in agricultural business in 2019-2020, 37.0% of them were women. This is less than the nationwide number of 41.5%.
Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 58.7% of the agricultural business associate degrees at Merced Community College District in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 16%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 0 |
Black or African American | 0 |
Hispanic or Latino | 27 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 16 |
International Students | 2 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 1 |
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 | 46 |
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 | 10 |
Agricultural Production | 11 |
Horticulture | 2 |
*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.