by our College Data Analytics TeamThose considering agricultural economics, you may also want to explore other closely related fields of study. Here you will find majors with similar career paths, related concentrations and specializations, and the most popular similar majors, ranked by annual graduates.
The majors below prepare graduates for occupations that overlap with those of agricultural economics, based on the NCES CIP-to-SOC career crosswalk. They are ranked by the number of shared occupations.
| Similar Major | Shared Careers | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Applied Economics | 2 | 368 |
| Business/Managerial Economics | 2 | 4,583 |
| Development Economics and International Development | 2 | 375 |
| Econometrics and Quantitative Economics | 2 | 22,727 |
| Economics and Computer Science | 2 | 128 |
| Economics and Foreign Language/Literature | 2 | — |
| Economics, General | 2 | 21,627 |
| Economics, Other | 2 | 250 |
| Environmental/Natural Resource Economics | 2 | 184 |
| International Economics | 2 | 281 |
As a more focused area within Agricultural Business and Management, agricultural economics connects to the wider programs in that field.
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