Bachelor's degree · Agriculture · CIP 01.11
Plant Sciences: earnings and debt by college
The College Scorecard lists 85 colleges that award bachelor's degrees in Plant Sciences, together awarding 1,949 of these degrees in the most recent year. At the median institution, graduates who received federal aid earn $43,908 one year after finishing and $57,630 five years after finishing (two separate graduating classes). The median institution's graduates leave with $19,500 in federal student loans.
Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
Colleges
85
Degrees awarded per yeariBachelor's degrees the school awarded in this major in the most recent reported year.
1,949
Median earnings, 1 yriMedian earnings of graduates who received federal aid, 1 year after finishing, among those working and not enrolled. The figure here is the median across institutions; branch campuses share their institution's figure and count once.
$43,908
47 reporting
Median earnings, 5 yrsiMedian earnings of graduates who received federal aid, 5 years after finishing, among those working and not enrolled. The figure here is the median across institutions; branch campuses share their institution's figure and count once.
$57,630
46 reporting
Median debtiMedian federal student-loan balance of the program's graduates. Excludes Parent PLUS and private loans. The figure here is the median across institutions; branch campuses share their institution's figure and count once.
$19,500
39 reporting
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Colleges with a bachelor's in Plant Sciences
| Iowa State University Ames · Public | IA | 118 | $48,895 | $62,389 | $20,500 |
| West Texas A & M University Canyon · Public | TX | 73 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| California State University-Fresno Fresno · Public | CA | 63 | $63,767 | $80,218 | $19,025 |
| North Carolina State University at Raleigh Raleigh · Public | NC | 62 | $50,242 | $57,703 | $17,669 |
| Oregon State University Corvallis · Public | OR | 61 | $39,032 | $61,570 | $26,513 |
| Colorado State University-Fort Collins Fort Collins · Public | CO | 60 | $38,398 | $50,683 | $26,813 |
| Kansas State University Manhattan · Public | KS | 56 | $48,690 | $62,507 | $20,500 |
| Missouri State University-Springfield Springfield · Public | MO | 50 | $41,824 | $48,634 | $19,625 |
| University of Nebraska-Lincoln Lincoln · Public | NE | 50 | $49,939 | $68,440 | $20,500 |
| California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo · Public | CA | 49 | $58,916 | $81,403 | $18,667 |
| Mississippi State University Mississippi State · Public | MS | 43 | $42,984 | $50,846 | $22,500 |
| Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Blacksburg · Public | VA | 42 | $43,317 | $60,787 | $19,750 |
| West Virginia University Morgantown · Public | WV | 37 | $36,937 | $47,732 | $21,439 |
| University of Idaho Moscow · Public | ID | 36 | $41,322 | $52,970 | $17,405 |
| University of Missouri-Columbia Columbia · Public | MO | 36 | $44,702 | $64,513 | $18,203 |
| University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez Mayaguez · Public | PR | 36 | $22,963 | $39,076 | n/a |
| Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus University Park · Public | PA | 35 | $37,667 | $55,259 | $26,000 |
| Montana State University Bozeman · Public | MT | 34 | n/a | $57,789 | $23,468 |
| Texas Tech University Lubbock · Public | TX | 34 | n/a | n/a | $16,387 |
| University of Florida Gainesville · Public | FL | 34 | $31,918 | $51,631 | $11,617 |
| California State University-Chico Chico · Public | CA | 33 | $45,257 | $81,572 | $13,000 |
| California State University-Monterey Bay Seaside · Public | CA | 32 | n/a | n/a | $9,625 |
| Ohio State University-Main Campus Columbus · Public | OH | 32 | $43,908 | $58,582 | $20,500 |
| The University of Tennessee-Knoxville Knoxville · Public | TN | 31 | $42,875 | $52,749 | $16,688 |
| University of California-Davis Davis · Public | CA | 31 | $45,345 | n/a | n/a |
| Utah State University Logan · Public | UT | 30 | $45,006 | n/a | $15,750 |
| Michigan State University East Lansing · Public | MI | 27 | $49,378 | $51,791 | $22,500 |
| University of Wisconsin-River Falls River Falls · Public | WI | 27 | $45,523 | $58,697 | $16,750 |
| California State Polytechnic University-Pomona Pomona · Public | CA | 26 | $49,887 | $62,820 | $20,500 |
| University of Georgia Athens · Public | GA | 26 | $39,480 | n/a | n/a |
| Chadron State College Chadron · Public | NE | 24 | $38,794 | $51,784 | n/a |
| Southeast Missouri State University Cape Girardeau · Public | MO | 24 | $46,752 | $53,616 | n/a |
| SUNY College of Agriculture and Technology at Cobleskill Cobleskill · Public | NY | 24 | n/a | $54,762 | $17,421 |
| University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Minneapolis · Public | MN | 24 | $37,228 | $51,399 | $21,504 |
| Rutgers University-New Brunswick New Brunswick · Public | NJ | 23 | n/a | n/a | $18,500 |
| Texas A&M University-College Station College Station · Public | TX | 22 | $49,672 | $67,162 | $19,500 |
| University of Massachusetts-Amherst Amherst · Public | MA | 22 | n/a | $41,361 | $22,650 |
| Cornell University Ithaca · Private nonprofit | NY | 21 | n/a | n/a | $9,739 |
| New Mexico State University-Main Campus Las Cruces · Public | NM | 21 | $40,393 | $62,183 | n/a |
| Arkansas State University Jonesboro · Public | AR | 19 | $46,797 | $57,556 | n/a |
| Auburn University Auburn · Public | AL | 19 | $47,671 | $52,251 | $18,750 |
| Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College Baton Rouge · Public | LA | 19 | $36,709 | n/a | n/a |
| Middle Tennessee State University Murfreesboro · Public | TN | 19 | $40,898 | $43,021 | n/a |
| Clemson University Clemson · Public | SC | 18 | n/a | $57,037 | $19,517 |
| Northwest Missouri State University Maryville · Public | MO | 18 | $53,530 | n/a | $18,500 |
| Oklahoma State University-Main Campus Stillwater · Public | OK | 17 | $37,333 | n/a | $20,250 |
| Purdue University-Main Campus West Lafayette · Public | IN | 17 | $43,856 | n/a | n/a |
| South Dakota State University Brookings · Public | SD | 17 | $58,913 | $76,157 | $20,500 |
| University of Vermont Burlington · Public | VT | 16 | n/a | $40,616 | $19,500 |
| Washington State University Pullman · Public | WA | 16 | $64,374 | $73,736 | n/a |
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Quick facts: Plant Sciences
- How many colleges offer a bachelor's degree in Plant Sciences?
- The College Scorecard lists 85 colleges that award bachelor's degrees in Plant Sciences.
- How much do Plant Sciences graduates earn?
- Across institutions, the median of graduates' median earnings is $43,908 one year after graduation (47 institutions reporting) and $57,630 five years after graduation (46 institutions reporting). These figures cover graduates who received federal aid and are working and not enrolled in school. Branch campuses share their institution's figures, so each institution counts once.
- Where do Plant Sciences graduates earn the most five years after graduation?
- By reported median earnings five years after graduation: California State University-Chico ($81,572), California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo ($81,403), California State University-Fresno ($80,218), South Dakota State University ($76,157), and Washington State University ($73,736).
- How much student debt do Plant Sciences graduates have?
- The median institution's Plant Sciences graduates leave with $19,500 in federal student loans (39 institutions reporting). Parent PLUS and private loans are not included.
- Which colleges award the most Plant Sciences degrees?
- By bachelor's degrees awarded in the most recent year: Iowa State University (118), West Texas A & M University (73), California State University-Fresno (63), North Carolina State University at Raleigh (62), and Oregon State University (61).
Related majors in agriculture
- Agricultural Business and Management
- Agricultural Mechanization
- Agricultural Production Operations
- Agricultural Public Services
- Agriculture, General
- Animal Sciences
- Applied Horticulture and Horticultural Business Services
- Food Science and Technology
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How these numbers work
Figures cover bachelor's degree programs in Plant Sciences (CIP code 01.11), as reported in the College Scorecard. Earnings are medians for graduates who received federal aid, measured one and five years after they finished, among those working and not enrolled in school; the one-year and five-year figures describe different graduating classes. Debt is the median federal loan balance at graduation. The Scorecard withholds figures for programs with few graduates, so many smaller programs show n/a. Summary figures are medians across institutions: the Scorecard reports program earnings and debt for a whole institution, so branch campuses share one figure and count once. All figures are from the Scorecard's most recent field-of-study release. More on the data.