When you earn your ag business degree at Illinois College you will Graduate READY. Nearly 100% of our students are expanding their careers or in graduate school within a year of earning their degree.
Our Online Agribusiness Degree is Perfect For:
- Ag professionals ready to advance their career
- Working adults ready to ear their bachelor's
- Those looking to increase their knowledge of business principles within an agricultural framework
Online Agribusiness Degree Highlights
Earning your agribusiness management degree online prepares you for business roles within the ever-changing agricultural sector. Designed to offer you the latest skills and tools, you’ll Graduate READY for a successful and exciting future in ag business.
Career Services and Networking
As an ag business student, your professors in the agribusiness degree field will provide references and guide you in your career.
Need help finding a job or internship? Our Career Readiness and Experiential Learning (CREL) office will help you with everything from preparing your resume to finding the perfect hands-on learning opportunities.
Online Convenience
Study on your own terms when you earn your agribusiness degree online at Illinois College. Our eight-week terms can be completed full- or part-time. Courses are offered in a flexible asynchronous environment, allowing you to work and keep other commitments while you earn your degree. The online BS in Agribusiness Management degree can be completed in 18 months.
Hands-On Experience
Our relationship with local businesses and our alumni network will help you build job connections.
Network with future employers and gain advice and perspective from people in the field when you start your required internship. This will help you get a better idea of exactly what type of job you want after graduation.
A Transfer-Friendly Online Business Degree
We have partnered with community colleges throughout Illinois to make it easy for you to complete your bachelor’s in agribusiness management.
Regardless of where you started, you can transfer credits from other programs. Your credit evaluation will be considered individually to maximize your transfer credits, which may be as many as 88 credits.
Our agreements with many community colleges means students with a relevant associate’s degree, including an applied associate’s, can streamline their time to degree completion.
Take a leap into the next level of your career by transferring to IC’s agricultural business program.
Career Opportunities for Online Agribusiness Degree Graduates
We are proud of the professional opportunities we offer our students and graduates. You will connect with top companies and industry experts like:
- Archer Daniels Midland Co.
- BRANDT
- Caterpillar Inc.
- CGB Diversified
- Climate Corps
- GROWMARK, Inc.
- Hummert International
- Illinois Beef Association
- Illinois Department of Agriculture
- Illinois Farm Bureau
- Regional agriculture companies like Burrus Seed and Beard Implement
After you graduate with your online agribusiness degree, you’ll be prepared to work in several ag business industries, such as lending, management, sales or the supply chain. Job opportunities abound locally in family farms, agribusiness financial institutions, agribusiness organizations and multinational ag business companies.
"The Agribusiness program prepared me for the professional field. Many projects involved completing proposals or papers on actual companies. Additionally, it had a heavy focus on current issues in the agricultural field. Researching these current and future issues was especially important as they helped me prepare for and respond to issues we are discussing at work." - Mia Taylor '23
Online Agribusiness Degree Courses
Agribusiness management courses include a broad array of foundational business courses in subjects like:
- Business Communication
- Managerial and Financial Accounting
- Ethics
- Micro and Macro Economics
In your upper-level courses, you will focus on ag business specific topics like:
- Accounting and agricultural finance
- Agricultural marketing
- Economics as applied to agriculture
- Emerging issues across the industry
- Farm management
You also discuss innovation in ag business throughout your courses to learn timely and relevant issues affecting the agribusiness field.
Online Agribusiness Degree Faculty
In our online agribusiness degree program, you will get to know the experienced, caring professors who teach in the program. Faculty act as academic advisors to the online agribusiness students.
Your professors will become acquainted with your academic work and help you reach your career goals through internships, course selection and career advice.
Programs Related to the Online Agribusiness Degree
- Accounting
- Business Administration
- Healthcare Management
- Human Resources Management
- Management
- Marketing
- Organizational and Strategic Communication
- Agribusiness (On Campus program)
Get Started on Your Agribusiness Degree
A career in the dynamic field of ag business is waiting for you. Get started on your agribusiness degree online at Illinois College today.
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