The graduate program in the Department of Agricultural Economics at Oklahoma State University stresses the development of superior professional competence suited to the demands of the modern business, academic, government, and research environments.

Advanced courses concentrate on economic analysis applied to problems of production, distribution, and consumption of agricultural products. Problems of agricultural policy, natural resource use, and rural area development and planning are also important topics. The faculty gives direction and individual guidance to student research in marketing, production, management of agricultural enterprises, price analysis, land and water use and development, rural development and planning, agricultural finance, international trade, farm appraisal, and agricultural policy.