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title: Is an Agricultural Public Services degree worth the debt?
cip: 0108
source: U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard — Field of Study (2026-06-10 release)
sourceId: src:doe:college-scorecard:field-of-study:2026-06-10
---

# Is an Agricultural Public Services degree worth the debt?

Leading with the **Bachelor's**, across **10** colleges (10 of 10 programs report earnings):

- **Median pay, 1 year after completion:** $37,444 ($35,594 at 2 years)
- **Median federal debt:** $17,572 (federal loans only)
- **Debt-to-earnings:** 0.47× a first year's pay
- **Across-college spread (middle 50%):** $29,356–$38,386 — the program you choose moves the number this much.


**How to read this:** these are MEDIANS across college programs, measured **1–2 years after completion** (early career, graduates only) — NOT lifetime earnings, and NOT comparable to a college's 10-years-after-entry figure. They cover **federally-aided completers at programs large enough to report**; small programs are suppressed. A field median is not a prediction of your outcome, not causal (who enters a field differs by field), and **not a "best majors" ranking** — earnings are one dimension of worth. Verify by field at the official College Scorecard (https://collegescorecard.ed.gov/).

## By degree level

| Level | Pay (1yr) | Federal debt | Debt/pay | Colleges | Programs reporting |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Bachelor's | $37,444 | $17,572 | 0.47× | 10 | 10/10 |

## Where an Bachelor's in this field reports the highest early-career pay

Reflects who enrolls and where, not causal program quality.

| College | Pay (1yr) | Federal debt |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kansas State University (KS) | $39,599 | — |
| California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo (CA) | $38,797 | — |
| Texas Tech University (TX) | $38,426 | $20,000 |
| Oklahoma State University-Main Campus (OK) | $38,268 | $15,000 |
| Texas A&M University-College Station (TX) | $37,526 | $15,644 |
| University of Idaho (ID) | $37,362 | — |
| University of Wisconsin-Madison (WI) | $36,985 | $15,000 |
| University of Kentucky (KY) | $26,813 | $22,875 |
| West Texas A & M University (TX) | $23,723 | — |
| The University of Tennessee-Knoxville (TN) | $22,464 | $19,500 |

RECORDED College Scorecard figures + one DERIVED ratio (debt-to-earnings). Informs and compares; not advice on what to major in. Each college's full record: `/education/<slug>`.

Structured data: `/education/fields/agricultural-public-services.jsonld` · `/education/fields/agricultural-public-services.json`