This concentration offers current agribusiness professionals the opportunity to increase their specific agricultural services subset and helps new professionals start higher up in the industry and helps open the door to career advancement and a wide range of job opportunities. Professionals such as agricultural extension workers, soil conservation employees, those in mechanization-related industries, and agricultural environmental services often choose this path to diversify their knowledge and experience.<br>For those who wish to further their careers or start their profession at a more advanced level, SIU offers a Master of Science degree in Agribusiness Economics. Through more intensive and focused classwork and applied study, our challenging program explores the business, financial, and management sides of the private and public agricultural sectors and the agencies that serve them.<br><br>Our master program has an accelerated degree option that allows you to complete it in about 12 months. We also partner with our College of Business and Analytics' MBA program to offer a concurrent degree program option.