Is a Soil Sciences degree worth it?
Across 7 schools, graduates of Soil Sciences earn a median $62,443 five years out on $20,743 of debt. Graduates most commonly work as Microbiologists (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
$62,443
Median debt
$20,743
Years to pay off
3.4
at 10% of pay
AI task exposure
42%
GPT-4-era overlap
10-yr job growth
+4.6%
BLS 2024–2034
Net price
$15,671/yr
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Explore Soil 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.