Agricultural Production Operations
3,314 students earn a agricultural production operations credential each year across 232 US colleges. Earnings below are the median for each school's graduates one and five years after finishing; debt is the median federal loan balance at completion.
- Typical earnings, 1 year out
- $38,189
- Typical earnings, 5 years out
- $49,633
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Bachelor's programs — 53 colleges
CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt
1University of KentuckyLexington, Kentucky59$35,1671 year out$51,426$21,2502University of Massachusetts-AmherstAmherst, Massachusetts48$25,4391 year out$33,420$23,2503Clemson UniversityClemson, South Carolina42$30,8251 year out$40,546$25,1254North Dakota State University-Main CampusFargo, North Dakota36$62,8691 year out$72,312$23,2505University of California-DavisDavis, California35—1 year out$58,685$13,7126Mississippi State UniversityMississippi State, Mississippi32—1 year out$58,091—7Purdue University-Main CampusWest Lafayette, Indiana29$56,8351 year out—$15,2118Eastern Kentucky UniversityRichmond, Kentucky28$40,0471 year out$49,633$19,2509SUNY MorrisvilleMorrisville, New York28$30,7711 year out$35,670$27,00010University of New Hampshire-Main CampusDurham, New Hampshire26$29,2311 year out$48,668$27,00011Feather River Community College DistrictQuincy, California19—1 year out——12University of ConnecticutStorrs, Connecticut18$38,1891 year out—$22,12313University of Minnesota-CrookstonCrookston, Minnesota18—1 year out$40,898—14Delaware Valley UniversityDoylestown, Pennsylvania18$28,8141 year out—$26,50015Middle Tennessee State UniversityMurfreesboro, Tennessee17—1 year out——16Sterling CollegeCraftsbury Common, Vermont17—1 year out——17South Dakota State UniversityBrookings, South Dakota16—1 year out——18University of Puerto Rico-UtuadoUtuado, Puerto Rico16—1 year out——19University of Arkansas at Pine BluffPine Bluff, Arkansas14—1 year out——20Washington State UniversityPullman, Washington14$56,7431 year out$61,477$17,39521University of California-Santa CruzSanta Cruz, California13—1 year out——22Auburn UniversityAuburn, Alabama12—1 year out——23University of Hawaii at ManoaHonolulu, Hawaii12—1 year out——24Utah State UniversityLogan, Utah12$47,2971 year out——25North Carolina State University at RaleighRaleigh, North Carolina11—1 year out——26University of ArizonaTucson, Arizona10—1 year out——27University of New EnglandBiddeford, Maine7—1 year out——28Roger Williams UniversityBristol, Rhode Island7—1 year out——29Prescott CollegePrescott, Arizona6—1 year out——30William Woods UniversityFulton, Missouri6—1 year out——31University of WyomingLaramie, Wyoming6—1 year out——32University of IdahoMoscow, Idaho5—1 year out——33Loyola University ChicagoChicago, Illinois5—1 year out——34Maharishi International UniversityFairfield, Iowa5—1 year out——35University of Rhode IslandKingston, Rhode Island5—1 year out——36Walla Walla Community CollegeWalla Walla, Washington5—1 year out——37University of MaineOrono, Maine4—1 year out——38Johnson & Wales University-ProvidenceProvidence, Rhode Island4—1 year out——39Central State UniversityWilberforce, Ohio3—1 year out——40The University of Texas Rio Grande ValleyEdinburg, Texas3—1 year out——41Averett UniversityDanville, Virginia3—1 year out——42Florida Institute of TechnologyMelbourne, Florida2—1 year out——43University of Mount OliveMount Olive, North Carolina2$41,7371 year out——44East Texas A&M UniversityCommerce, Texas2—1 year out——45Huntington UniversityHuntington, Indiana1—1 year out——46Missouri State University-SpringfieldSpringfield, Missouri1—1 year out——47Centenary UniversityHackettstown, New Jersey1—1 year out$49,224—48Ohio State University-Main CampusColumbus, Ohio1—1 year out——49Sul Ross State UniversityAlpine, Texas1—1 year out——50University of Connecticut-Waterbury CampusWaterbury, Connecticut0$38,1891 year out—$22,12351University of Connecticut-Avery PointGroton, Connecticut0$38,1891 year out—$22,12352University of Connecticut-StamfordStamford, Connecticut0$38,1891 year out—$22,12353University of Connecticut-Hartford CampusHartford, Connecticut0$38,1891 year out—$22,123
Associate programs — top 100 of 133 colleges by graduates
CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt
1Coalinga CollegeCoalinga, California68—1 year out——2Reedley CollegeReedley, California53—1 year out——3Nebraska College of Technical AgricultureCurtis, Nebraska45$24,4271 year out$41,932$11,6294Bakersfield CollegeBakersfield, California39—1 year out——5Modesto Junior CollegeModesto, California39—1 year out——6Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State UniversityBlacksburg, Virginia34$36,0831 year out$48,879$11,0007Moorpark CollegeMoorpark, California32—1 year out$41,903—8College of the SequoiasVisalia, California32—1 year out——9Kirkwood Community CollegeCedar Rapids, Iowa28$42,3921 year out$46,670$10,00010North Carolina State University at RaleighRaleigh, North Carolina27$35,1981 year out—$12,00011Mt San Antonio CollegeWalnut, California25—1 year out——12Ellsworth Community CollegeIowa Falls, Iowa24—1 year out——13Hartnell CollegeSalinas, California22—1 year out——14Merced CollegeMerced, California21—1 year out——15Black Hawk CollegeMoline, Illinois17—1 year out——16University of Puerto Rico-UtuadoUtuado, Puerto Rico17—1 year out——17College of Southern IdahoTwin Falls, Idaho16—1 year out——18Indian Hills Community CollegeOttumwa, Iowa16—1 year out——19Lake Land CollegeMattoon, Illinois15—1 year out——20Ohio State University Agricultural Technical InstituteWooster, Ohio15$33,9401 year out$41,301$12,00021Mitchell Technical CollegeMitchell, South Dakota15$40,8711 year out$49,456$12,00022Fox Valley Technical CollegeAppleton, Wisconsin14—1 year out——23Southwest Wisconsin Technical CollegeFennimore, Wisconsin14—1 year out——24Chippewa Valley Technical CollegeEau Claire, Wisconsin14—1 year out——25Northeast Iowa Community CollegeCalmar, Iowa13—1 year out——26Victor Valley CollegeVictorville, California12—1 year out——27Blue Mountain Community CollegePendleton, Oregon12—1 year out——28Butte CollegeOroville, California11—1 year out——29Feather River Community College DistrictQuincy, California11—1 year out——30Southern Maine Community CollegeSouth Portland, Maine11—1 year out$32,486—31Niagara County Community CollegeSanborn, New York11$33,1311 year out$35,595$11,00032Piedmont Technical CollegeGreenwood, South Carolina11—1 year out——33Northcentral Technical CollegeWausau, Wisconsin11$28,1321 year out—$9,00034North Iowa Area Community CollegeMason City, Iowa10—1 year out——35Southeast Community College AreaLincoln, Nebraska10—1 year out——36Wayne Community CollegeGoldsboro, North Carolina10—1 year out——37Black River Technical CollegePocahontas, Arkansas9—1 year out——38Northeastern Junior CollegeSterling, Colorado9—1 year out——39Colby Community CollegeColby, Kansas9—1 year out——40South Central CollegeNorth Mankato, Minnesota9—1 year out——41Northeast Community CollegeNorfolk, Nebraska9—1 year out——42Sampson Community CollegeClinton, North Carolina9—1 year out——43Joliet Junior CollegeJoliet, Illinois8—1 year out——44Central Carolina Community CollegeSanford, North Carolina8—1 year out——45Isothermal Community CollegeSpindale, North Carolina8—1 year out——46Linn-Benton Community CollegeAlbany, Oregon8—1 year out——47Walla Walla Community CollegeWalla Walla, Washington8—1 year out——48Cuesta CollegeSan Luis Obispo, California7—1 year out——49Hawkeye Community CollegeWaterloo, Iowa7—1 year out$41,422—50Iowa Lakes Community CollegeEstherville, Iowa7—1 year out——51Elizabethtown Community and Technical CollegeElizabethtown, Kentucky7—1 year out——52Jefferson Community CollegeWatertown, New York7—1 year out——53Wilkes Community CollegeWilkesboro, North Carolina7—1 year out——54Austin Community College DistrictAustin, Texas7—1 year out——55Scottsdale Community CollegeScottsdale, Arizona6—1 year out——56Allan Hancock CollegeSanta Maria, California6—1 year out——57College of the DesertPalm Desert, California6—1 year out——58Ventura CollegeVentura, California6—1 year out——59Lincoln Land Community CollegeSpringfield, Illinois6—1 year out——60Rend Lake CollegeIna, Illinois6—1 year out——61Fort Hays State University-Northwest Kansas Technical CollegeGoodland, Kansas6—1 year out——62Imperial Valley CollegeImperial, California5—1 year out——63San Diego City CollegeSan Diego, California5—1 year out——64Shasta CollegeRedding, California5—1 year out——65Hopkinsville Community CollegeHopkinsville, Kentucky5—1 year out——66Treasure Valley Community CollegeOntario, Oregon5—1 year out——67North Central Texas CollegeGainesville, Texas5—1 year out——68Laramie County Community CollegeCheyenne, Wyoming5—1 year out——69Lassen Community CollegeSusanville, California4—1 year out——70Santa Rosa Junior CollegeSanta Rosa, California4—1 year out——71Leeward Community CollegePearl City, Hawaii4—1 year out——72Dordt UniversitySioux Center, Iowa4—1 year out——73Eastern Iowa Community College DistrictDavenport, Iowa4—1 year out——74Garden City Community CollegeGarden City, Kansas4—1 year out——75Henderson Community CollegeHenderson, Kentucky4—1 year out——76Madisonville Community CollegeMadisonville, Kentucky4—1 year out——77Northwestern Michigan CollegeTraverse City, Michigan4—1 year out——78Minnesota West Community and Technical CollegeGranite Falls, Minnesota4—1 year out——79Hinds Community CollegeRaymond, Mississippi4—1 year out——80Northwest Mississippi Community CollegeSenatobia, Mississippi4—1 year out——81James Sprunt Community CollegeKenansville, North Carolina4—1 year out——82United Tribes Technical CollegeBismarck, North Dakota4—1 year out——83Western Dakota Technical CollegeRapid City, South Dakota4—1 year out——84Madera Community CollegeMadera, California4—1 year out——85Arizona Western CollegeYuma, Arizona3—1 year out——86Mesa Community CollegeMesa, Arizona3—1 year out——87Cabrillo CollegeAptos, California3—1 year out——88Delaware Technical Community College-TerryDover, Delaware3—1 year out——89Indian River State CollegeFort Pierce, Florida3—1 year out——90Chesapeake CollegeWye Mills, Maryland3—1 year out——91University of Massachusetts-AmherstAmherst, Massachusetts3—1 year out——92Tompkins Cortland Community CollegeDryden, New York3—1 year out——93Carteret Community CollegeMorehead City, North Carolina3—1 year out——94Lorain County Community CollegeElyria, Ohio3—1 year out——95Southern Utah UniversityCedar City, Utah3—1 year out——96Big Bend Community CollegeMoses Lake, Washington3—1 year out——97Northeast Wisconsin Technical CollegeGreen Bay, Wisconsin3—1 year out——98Collin County Community College DistrictMcKinney, Texas3—1 year out——99Woodland Community CollegeWoodland, California3—1 year out——100Yavapai CollegePrescott, Arizona2—1 year out——
Certificate programs — top 100 of 131 colleges by graduates
CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt
1Ivy Tech Community CollegeIndianapolis, Indiana286—1 year out——2Reedley CollegeReedley, California67—1 year out——3Michigan State UniversityEast Lansing, Michigan57$35,9781 year out—$11,0004Texas A&M University-College StationCollege Station, Texas39—1 year out——5George C Wallace State Community College-HancevilleHanceville, Alabama38—1 year out——6Wilkes Community CollegeWilkesboro, North Carolina34—1 year out——7Isothermal Community CollegeSpindale, North Carolina33—1 year out——8Moorpark CollegeMoorpark, California32—1 year out——9Kirkwood Community CollegeCedar Rapids, Iowa32—1 year out——10College of the SequoiasVisalia, California31—1 year out——11Mt San Antonio CollegeWalnut, California28—1 year out——12Fox Valley Technical CollegeAppleton, Wisconsin26—1 year out——13Cloud County Community CollegeConcordia, Kansas24—1 year out——14Kentucky Horseshoeing SchoolRichmond, Kentucky24—1 year out——15Garden City Community CollegeGarden City, Kansas23—1 year out——16Victor Valley CollegeVictorville, California22—1 year out——17Black Hawk CollegeMoline, Illinois21—1 year out——18University of Massachusetts-AmherstAmherst, Massachusetts20—1 year out——19Fort Hays State University-Northwest Kansas Technical CollegeGoodland, Kansas19—1 year out——20Southeastern Community CollegeWest Burlington, Iowa18—1 year out——21Wayne Community CollegeGoldsboro, North Carolina18—1 year out——22Oklahoma State University-Main CampusStillwater, Oklahoma17—1 year out——23Kansas State UniversityManhattan, Kansas16—1 year out——24Central Carolina Community CollegeSanford, North Carolina16—1 year out——25Redlands Community CollegeEl Reno, Oklahoma16—1 year out——26Nebraska College of Technical AgricultureCurtis, Nebraska15—1 year out——27Spartanburg Community CollegeSpartanburg, South Carolina15—1 year out——28North Central Texas CollegeGainesville, Texas15—1 year out——29Lake Land CollegeMattoon, Illinois13—1 year out——30Carteret Community CollegeMorehead City, North Carolina13—1 year out——31Weatherford CollegeWeatherford, Texas13—1 year out——32Mid-America Technology CenterWayne, Oklahoma13—1 year out——33Chippewa Valley Technical CollegeEau Claire, Wisconsin12—1 year out——34John Wood Community CollegeQuincy, Illinois11—1 year out——35Northeast Iowa Community CollegeCalmar, Iowa11$38,9241 year out——36Lenoir Community CollegeKinston, North Carolina11—1 year out——37Collin County Community College DistrictMcKinney, Texas11—1 year out——38Fort Lewis CollegeDurango, Colorado10—1 year out——39Northeastern Junior CollegeSterling, Colorado10—1 year out——40Otero CollegeLa Junta, Colorado10—1 year out——41Highland Community CollegeFreeport, Illinois10—1 year out——42Hawkeye Community CollegeWaterloo, Iowa10—1 year out$37,192—43Hopkinsville Community CollegeHopkinsville, Kentucky10—1 year out——44Ridgewater CollegeWillmar, Minnesota9—1 year out——45Northwest Mississippi Community CollegeSenatobia, Mississippi9—1 year out——46Lakeshore Technical CollegeCleveland, Wisconsin9—1 year out——47Southwest Wisconsin Technical CollegeFennimore, Wisconsin9—1 year out——48Merced CollegeMerced, California8—1 year out——49Modesto Junior CollegeModesto, California8—1 year out——50Joliet Junior CollegeJoliet, Illinois8—1 year out——51Hinds Community CollegeRaymond, Mississippi8—1 year out——52Connors State CollegeWarner, Oklahoma8—1 year out——53Rend Lake CollegeIna, Illinois7—1 year out——54Madisonville Community CollegeMadisonville, Kentucky7—1 year out——55Northwood Technical CollegeRice Lake, Wisconsin7—1 year out——56PPG Technical CollegeCaguas, Puerto Rico7—1 year out——57Black River Technical CollegePocahontas, Arkansas6—1 year out——58Augusta Technical CollegeAugusta, Georgia6—1 year out——59Henderson Community CollegeHenderson, Kentucky6—1 year out——60Minnesota West Community and Technical CollegeGranite Falls, Minnesota6—1 year out——61Mesa Community CollegeMesa, Arizona5—1 year out——62College of the DesertPalm Desert, California5—1 year out——63College of Central FloridaOcala, Florida5—1 year out——64Gwinnett Technical CollegeLawrenceville, Georgia5—1 year out——65Johnson County Community CollegeOverland Park, Kansas5—1 year out——66Cincinnati State Technical and Community CollegeCincinnati, Ohio5—1 year out——67Lorain County Community CollegeElyria, Ohio5—1 year out——68Utah State UniversityLogan, Utah5—1 year out——69Eastern Wyoming CollegeTorrington, Wyoming5—1 year out——70College of the RedwoodsEureka, California4—1 year out——71Indian River State CollegeFort Pierce, Florida4—1 year out——72Southern Crescent Technical CollegeGriffin, Georgia4—1 year out——73College of DuPageGlen Ellyn, Illinois4—1 year out——74College of Lake CountyGrayslake, Illinois4—1 year out——75Lincoln Land Community CollegeSpringfield, Illinois4—1 year out——76Highland Community CollegeHighland, Kansas4—1 year out——77Montgomery Community CollegeTroy, North Carolina4—1 year out——78Surry Community CollegeDobson, North Carolina4—1 year out——79Snow CollegeEphraim, Utah4—1 year out——80Aims Community CollegeGreeley, Colorado3—1 year out——81Hillsborough CollegeTampa, Florida3—1 year out——82Leeward Community CollegePearl City, Hawaii3—1 year out——83Spoon River CollegeCanton, Illinois3—1 year out——84Cecil CollegeNorth East, Maryland3—1 year out——85Missouri State University-SpringfieldSpringfield, Missouri3—1 year out——86North Carolina State University at RaleighRaleigh, North Carolina3—1 year out——87Clackamas Community CollegeOregon City, Oregon3—1 year out——88Treasure Valley Community CollegeOntario, Oregon3—1 year out——89Delaware Valley UniversityDoylestown, Pennsylvania3—1 year out——90Northcentral Technical CollegeWausau, Wisconsin3—1 year out——91University of Wisconsin-Stevens PointStevens Point, Wisconsin3—1 year out——92Laramie County Community CollegeCheyenne, Wyoming3—1 year out——93Central Georgia Technical CollegeWarner Robins, Georgia3—1 year out——94Arizona State University Campus ImmersionTempe, Arizona2—1 year out——95Bakersfield CollegeBakersfield, California2—1 year out——96Feather River Community College DistrictQuincy, California2—1 year out——97Yuba CollegeMarysville, California2—1 year out——98The College of the Florida KeysKey West, Florida2—1 year out——99College of Southern IdahoTwin Falls, Idaho2—1 year out——100Kankakee Community CollegeKankakee, Illinois2—1 year out——
US Department of Education College Scorecard field-of-study data (4-digit CIP). Graduates are conferrals in the most recent IPEDS year; earnings cover federally-aided completers who are working and not enrolled; medians for small programs are privacy-suppressed (—).