Is a Animal Sciences degree worth it?
Across 78 schools, graduates of Animal Sciences earn a median $52,952 five years out on $20,723 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
$52,952
Median debt
$20,723
Years to pay off
3.8
at 10% of pay
AI task exposure
34%
GPT-4-era overlap
10-yr job growth
+1.9%
BLS 2024–2034
Gender pay gap
13.4%
$61,151 vs $52,928
Net price
$17,339/yr
Debt-test failures
0%
of programs
'Real' premium
−$11,727
vs avg, adjusted
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Explore Animal Sciences 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.