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Bachelor's · Murray, Kentucky

Is Agricultural/Animal/Plant/Veterinary Science and Related Fields, Other at Murray State University worth it?

High confidence High confidence: 100+ graduates behind the earnings figures.

The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans

Pays back fast: graduates typically recover the cost in about 2.1 years.

Earnings 1 year after graduating
$54,739
Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Earnings 4 years after graduating
$61,962
Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical federal debt at graduation
$16,000
NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
Net cost to graduate, all families
$31k (likely $31k – $39k)
AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Earnings bump, year 4
$25k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in KY
2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
Payback
2.1 years (likely 1.7–2.7)
Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
10-year net return
$71k (likely $8k – $124k)
Today's dollars
20-year net return
$383k (likely $256k – $527k)
Today's dollars
Odds of finishing (school-wide)
60%
Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Borrowers making progress / in default, 2 years in
not reported / ≤ 20%
NSLDS AY2016-17, AY2017-18 pooled cohorts measured in 2018-19, 2019-20

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🌱 Getting ready in high school

Students heading toward animals, plants & the planet majors like this one often take these classes. Every school offers a different mix, so check with your counselor.

AP classes

  • AP Biology
  • AP Environmental Science
  • AP Chemistry
  • AP Statistics

IB Higher Level

  • Biology HL
  • Environmental Systems and Societies

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