2024 Best Agricultural Economics & Business Master's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

Agricultural Economics & Business isn't the most popular master's program in the world, but it's not the least popular either. To be more precise it ranks #177 in popularity out of 343 majors in the country. So, you may have to do some digging around to find quality schools that offer the degree program. This list can help with that.

College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Agricultural Economics & Business Master's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 49 master's degrees in agricultural economics & business during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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Average Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their master's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your master's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to agricultural economics & business students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other agricultural economics & business students want to attend this school to pursue a master's degree.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How much debt agricultural economics & business students go into to obtain their master's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized agricultural economics & business related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for agricultural economics & business students working on their master's degree.

More Ways to Rank Agricultural Economics & Business Schools

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Agricultural Economics & Business Master's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list to help you make the college decision.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Agricultural Economics & Business in the Middle Atlantic Region

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in agricultural economics & business.

Top Middle Atlantic Region Schools for a Master's in Agricultural Business

1

Cornell University
Ithaca, NY

44 Annual Graduates

Cornell University is a good decision for students interested in a master's degree in agricultural economics & business. Cornell is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the small city of Ithaca.More information about a master’s in agricultural economics & business from Cornell University

2

Rutgers University - New Brunswick
New Brunswick, NJ

2 Annual Graduates

It's difficult to beat Rutgers University - New Brunswick if you want to pursue a master's degree in agricultural economics & business. Rutgers New Brunswick is a very large public university located in the small city of New Brunswick.More information about a master’s in agricultural economics & business from Rutgers University - New Brunswick

Best Agricultural Economics & Business Colleges by State

Explore the best agricultural economics & business schools for a specific state in the Middle Atlantic Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
New York	261	44
Pennsylvania	248	0
Maryland	193	0
New Jersey	188	2
District of Columbia	154	3

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Rankings in Majors Related to Agricultural Business

Agricultural Economics & Business is one of 18 different types of Agriculture & Agriculture Operations programs to choose from.

Agricultural Business Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
Agricultural Economics	49

Majors Similar to Agricultural Business

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Food Science Technology	50
Plant Sciences	27
International Agriculture	17
Animal Science	15
General Agriculture	14
Horticulture	8
Agricultural Public Services	2
Soil Sciences	2

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
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