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. Graduates most commonly work as First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers (modeled from the federal CIP-to-SOC crosswalk). These earnings and debt figures come from the U.S. Dept. of Education.
Median 5-yr pay
$53,393
Median debt
$18,281
Years to pay off
3.3
at 10% of pay
AI task exposure
38%
GPT-4-era overlap
10-yr job growth
+2.9%
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.