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What can you do with a
Agricultural Public Services degree?

Agricultural Public Services is high-paying, AI barely touches it, but escape routes are thin.

Is this major worth the money?

Real graduate earnings vs. the debt you'd carry — and how long it takes to pay off.
18.0 yrs
to pay back the degree
+$6k
earnings premium vs no degree
Median earnings
$51,328
Typical debt
$19,134
4-yr net cost
$69,488
Monthly loan payment
$218/mo
If you earn:

Where this major actually leads

2 careers it opens — bar color = AI risk, tag = how hard the path is.
Farm and Home Management Educatorscommon
AI risk 0 → 37 future · -2.5% demand
$71,192
News Analysts, Reporters, and Journalistsleap
AI risk 21 → 65 future · -3.9% demand
$70,359
● green = AI-safe · red = AI-exposed · click any career for the full breakdown
How this is built. We take every career this major leads to (CIP→SOC official crosswalk), then join each one's real salary (BLS/DOL), AI exposure (O*NET + model), demand growth, and skill-based escape routes. ROI from College Scorecard. Every figure here is joined from official sources, not estimated.