Is a Plant Sciences degree worth it?
Across 42 schools, graduates of Plant Sciences earn a median $53,393 five years out on $18,281 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
$53,393
Median debt
$18,281
Years to pay off
3.3
at 10% of pay
AI task exposure
39%
GPT-4-era overlap
10-yr job growth
+2.8%
BLS 2024–2034
Gender pay gap
3.9%
$56,817 vs $54,622
Net price
$17,050/yr
Debt-test failures
2.9%
of programs
'Real' premium
−$9,931
vs avg, adjusted
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Explore Plant 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.