If you are interested in a concentration in finance, any member of the finance department faculty would be happy to help you plan a program. To combine the expertise of both the College of Business Administration and the College of Agriculture faculty, UNL offers an MBA with an emphasis in agribusiness. Jan Coulter, director of the Office of Higher Education Programs at the USDA says that the nationwide job market is calling for more agribusiness graduates. For example, one-third of the job opportunities in the food industry in the 1990's will occur in marketing, merchandising, and sales, with an additional 14 percent of opportunities occurring in management and finance. She further states that there is a critical need for business-educated agricultural graduates.
Agribusiness is a growing industry, providing opportunities related to every business field.
Today, agribusiness firms face new challenges and are hiring a new type of college graduate who will be able to cope with the forces of economic and technological change. To meet these needs they seek graduates with solid academic backgrounds in both agriculture and business. MBA-Agribusiness students at UNL share some of the same courses with general MBA students and also take classes like Structure and Efficiency of Agricultural Markets, Agricultural Policy, and Agricultural Statistical Analysis. The objective of the agribusiness program is to provide the best possible training to the next generation of agribusiness leaders. Agribusiness majors find employment in a wide variety of industries, from farms and food companies to banks and investment firms.