WhatGradsMake

What Plant Sciences grads make

Every university with official Census earnings for this field, ranked by 5-year median salary.

Bachelor's

national median $57,912 · 5 yrs
#University1 yr5 yrs10 yrsvs national
1South Dakota State UniversitySD$57,442$73,299$89,221+27%
2University of Minnesota - CrookstonMN$54,598$70,365$83,557+22%
3University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignIL$49,513$68,962$88,896+19%
4Texas A&M UniversityTX$43,606$67,544$83,748+17%
5Oklahoma Panhandle State UniversityOK$52,165$65,986+14%
6University of ConnecticutCT$43,626$64,546$71,899+11%
7Texas Tech UniversityTX$40,808$64,175$85,664+11%
8Iowa State University of Science & TechnologyIA$47,615$63,214$75,542+9%
9University of Wisconsin - PlattevilleWI$45,365$63,034$70,870+9%
10Oregon State UniversityOR$44,343$62,772$77,854+8%
11West Texas A&M UniversityTX$39,336$61,889$78,278+7%
12Tarleton State UniversityTX$40,342$61,498$82,300+6%
13Utah State UniversityUT$41,019$61,446$73,442+6%
14Sam Houston State UniversityTX$46,142$61,233$72,966+6%
15University of WyomingWY$46,055$60,134$70,870+4%
16University of Missouri - ColumbiaMO$40,124$59,610$73,872+3%
17Northwest Missouri State UniversityMO$46,298$58,685$66,338+1%
18Ohio State University (The)OH$43,922$58,211$75,704+1%
19Purdue UniversityIN$44,230$57,912$71,7070%
20University of Hawaii at ManoaHI$25,256$56,473$75,158-2%
21Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State UniversityVA$41,749$56,059$70,692-3%
22Stephen F Austin State UniversityTX$37,247$56,029$61,827-3%
23Southeast Missouri State UniversityMO$42,626$55,766$68,521-4%
24Southern Illinois University at CarbondaleIL$43,047$55,625$69,154-4%
25University of Wisconsin - MadisonWI$36,841$54,933$68,424-5%
26Southeastern Louisiana UniversityLA$46,663$54,857$47,574-5%
27West Virginia UniversityWV$37,264$54,296$63,750-6%
28University of Massachusetts - AmherstMA$39,242$54,267$73,442-6%
29North Carolina State UniversityNC$40,492$53,778$64,859-7%
30University of Wisconsin - River FallsWI$43,374$53,604$61,057-7%
31SUNY College of Agriculture & Technology at CobleskillNY$40,212$52,872$65,048-9%
32Clemson UniversitySC$41,511$52,590$62,446-9%
33Missouri State UniversityMO$34,449$51,365$57,991-11%
34University of GeorgiaGA$40,256$50,895$55,307-12%
35University of Minnesota - Twin CitiesMN$37,592$50,881$72,341-12%
36Montana State University BozemanMT$35,391$50,372$56,390-13%
37Oklahoma State UniversityOK$37,592$50,311-13%
38University of Arizona (The)AZ$33,128$49,703$83,557-14%
39Louisiana State University & Agricultural & Mechanical CollegeLA$33,105$49,452$65,986-15%
40Pennsylvania State University (The)PA$39,000$49,399$60,927-15%
41Colorado State UniversityCO$34,062$49,079$61,889-15%
42Fort Valley State UniversityGA$35,184$47,802$62,818-17%
43University of CincinnatiOH$36,322$47,574-18%
44Southwest Minnesota State UniversityMN$49,513
45SUNY College of Agriculture & Technology at MorrisvilleNY$37,592

Associate

national median $48,852 · 5 yrs
#University1 yr5 yrs10 yrsvs national
1Naugatuck Valley Community CollegeCT$33,666$50,881+4%
2Ohio State University (The)OH$34,840$48,852$69,8410%
3SUNY College of Agriculture & Technology at MorrisvilleNY$28,796$37,774$46,967-23%
4University of ConnecticutCT$37,041
5Century CollegeMN$31,066

Certificate (1-2 years)

#University1 yr5 yrs10 yrsvs national
1University of CincinnatiOH$42,660$38,692

Certificate (under 1 year)

#University1 yr5 yrs10 yrsvs national
1Naugatuck Valley Community CollegeCT$33,861$47,939$70,625
2Treasure Valley Community CollegeOR$30,437$40,342
3Ridgewater CollegeMN$53,578

Certificate (2-4 years)

#University1 yr5 yrs10 yrsvs national
1Ridgewater CollegeMN$57,075