Is a Agricultural Production Operations degree worth it?
Across 12 schools, graduates of Agricultural Production Operations earn a median $49,429 five years out on $20,387 of debt — most often working as First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers. Every figure is a real, published federal number.
Median 5-yr pay
$49,429
Median debt
$20,387
Years to pay off
4.1
at 10% of pay
AI task exposure
31%
GPT-4-era overlap
10-yr job growth
+0.9%
BLS 2024–2034
Net price
$17,552/yr
Debt-test failures
11.1%
of programs
'Real' premium
−$14,593
vs avg, adjusted
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Explore Agricultural Production Operations in full →Data: U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, BLS OEWS, O*NET, AI-exposure measures (Eloundou/AIOE), Zillow. Earnings reflect federally-aided graduates; see the full story for methodology and limitations.