Is a Agriculture, General degree worth it?
Across 37 schools, graduates of Agriculture, General earn a median $52,293 five years out on $19,125 of debt — most often working as Soil and Plant Scientists. Every figure is a real, published federal number.
Median 5-yr pay
$52,293
Median debt
$19,125
Years to pay off
3.6
at 10% of pay
AI task exposure
43%
GPT-4-era overlap
10-yr job growth
+5.4%
BLS 2024–2034
Gender pay gap
22.9%
$59,280 vs $45,692
Net price
$15,543/yr
Debt-test failures
0%
of programs
'Real' premium
−$8,853
vs avg, adjusted
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Explore Agriculture, General 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.