Agriculture & food systems

Agriculture/Veterinary Preparatory Programs

Boise State University · Boise, ID

Medium evidenceMatched peers12 institutions · related subjectsSee the evidence

The degree in numbers

Cost & earnings.

Annual tuition$26,976Institution-level tuition; programme fees may differ · before aid
Grouped debt estimate$21,750Related subjects at 12 matched peer institutions · bachelor's

Earnings context

One career stage.
A clearer comparison.

USD · Bachelor's · 2 years after completion
Same source release. National references exclude this degree.

Selected degree estimate$34,603
Same subject · national$23,456
Agriculture & food systems · national$33,321

Behind the number

Your comparison group.

Medium evidence

Related subjects at 12 matched peer institutions · bachelor's

Grouped estimate. Middle half of comparison values: $32,206–$40,968.

Historical earnings archive. College Scorecard legacy FOS archive (file dated 2022-01-19; cohorts vary). Do not interpret this as today's graduate salary. Further study and career changes are not modelled by this early-career figure.

Bachelor's outcomes · 2 years after completion
Institution & subjectReported earnings
University of Nevada-RenoAgriculture/Veterinary Preparatory Programs$32,563
Washington State UniversityAnimal Sciences, Food Science and Technology, Plant Sciences$39,927
West Virginia UniversityAnimal Sciences, Plant Sciences$28,272
Sam Houston State UniversityAgricultural Mechanization, Agriculture, General, Animal Sciences$44,091
Montana State UniversityAnimal Sciences, Plant Sciences$29,594
University of IdahoAgricultural Public Services, Animal Sciences, Plant Sciences$33,993
Tennessee Technological UniversityAgriculture, General$38,289
University of ArizonaAgriculture, Agriculture Operations, and Related Sciences, Other, Agriculture/Veterinary Preparatory Programs, Animal Sciences$31,133
Murray State UniversityAgriculture, Agriculture Operations, and Related Sciences, Other$35,213
Mississippi State UniversityAgricultural Production Operations, Animal Sciences, Food Science and Technology, Plant Sciences$32,976
University of Nebraska-LincolnAgricultural Mechanization, Agriculture, General, Animal Sciences, Food Science and Technology, Plant Sciences$44,666
Illinois State UniversityAgriculture, General$44,542
How matching & uncertainty work

We first look for the same subject code (or exact subject name), qualification, country, currency, source release and earnings horizon. Peer institutions are matched using admissions selectivity, completion rates, undergraduate size and institution type, with a small preference for the same region. These are institutional proxies, not a ranking of programme quality.

If subject-matched peers are sparse, we try related subjects at closely matched universities, related degrees at this university, then an explicitly labelled national reference. We never multiply a salary by a university prestige score.

Peer and national estimates give each reporting institution one vote, after taking the median of its related programmes. Shared branch-campus outcomes count once. The middle-half range describes variation between reporting institutions. It is not an individual salary range or a statistical confidence interval.

Evidence labels describe match quality and coverage, not validated prediction accuracy. Admissions and size are undergraduate institutional measures, so graduate-degree comparisons are especially approximate.

Historical cohort outcomes are not promised salaries or a causal effect of attending this programme. College Scorecard earnings cover eligible federal-aid recipients, not every graduate or international student. Source definitions ↗