Agricultural Business and Management at Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX · Bachelor's Degree · about 114 graduates a year

$50,509
Median pay 1 year after graduating
$69,689
Median pay 4 years after graduating
$66,647
National median for this major (4 yrs)
#21 of 77
Rank by pay
#31 of 77
Rank, wage-adjusted
$15,750
Median federal debt

Texas Tech University graduates in agricultural business and management earn 5% more than the national median for the same major four years after graduating. Their median federal debt equals about 23% of one year’s pay at that point.

How Texas Tech University Compares for Agricultural Business and Management

All 77 colleges reporting agricultural business and management earnings at this degree level, ranked by median pay four years after graduation. “Wage-adjusted” divides pay by the square root of the state’s wage index so colleges in low-wage states aren’t penalized for local pay.

#College4 yrs afterWage-adjustedAdj. rank1 yr after
1Cornell University Ithaca, NY$145,218$138,217#1$92,163
2California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo, CA$88,396$80,435#8$52,778
3University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL$86,646$85,129#6$55,934
4University of Missouri-Columbia Columbia, MO$82,831$88,812#3$58,335
5University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI$81,655$84,966#7$49,868
6University of Idaho Moscow, ID$80,690$85,803#5$48,338
7Montana State University Bozeman, MT$79,621$86,973#4$50,876
8Mississippi State University Mississippi State, MS$78,998$95,849#2$45,821
9University of Maryland-College Park College Park, MD$78,577$68,960#34$53,081
10Texas A & M University-College Station College Station, TX$77,479$78,773#10$50,509
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18Southern Illinois University-Carbondale Carbondale, IL$71,910$70,651#33$40,194
19University of Florida Gainesville, FL$70,862$75,424#16$49,371
20University of Mount Olive Mount Olive, NC$70,219$75,355#17—
21Texas Tech University Lubbock, TX$69,689$70,853#31$50,509
22University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN$69,498$66,385#45$53,160
23Michigan State University East Lansing, MI$69,108$72,866#25$57,023
24North Carolina State University at Raleigh Raleigh, NC$68,671$73,694#23$46,849

Other Majors at Texas Tech University by Graduate Pay

Major4 yrs after1 yr afterRank in major
Petroleum Engineering$139,864$80,460#3 of 19
Computer and Information Sciences$113,062$82,521#71 of 459
Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering$107,110$79,544#45 of 258
Construction Engineering$102,312$75,421#6 of 13
Chemical Engineering$99,747$77,586#54 of 158
Industrial Engineering$98,266$71,545#47 of 94
Mechanical Engineering$98,113$73,268#52 of 318
Computer Engineering$92,615$85,619#162 of 189
Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering$90,143$76,708#3 of 46
Civil Engineering$89,969$74,655#56 of 233
Accounting and Related Services$89,891$63,059#117 of 796
Science, Technology and Society$88,953$69,382#4 of 10
Finance and Financial Management Services$86,795$58,535#127 of 452
Business/Commerce$86,278—#17 of 271
Information Science/Studies$81,289$55,081#82 of 148
Family and Consumer Economics and Related Studies$78,435$53,997#1 of 19
Business Administration, Management and Operations$75,702$53,528#224 of 1176
Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences$74,591$49,727#8 of 138
Marketing$72,953$49,773#145 of 516
Chemistry$70,673$31,573#73 of 209
Mathematics$69,664$45,476#160 of 309
Microbiological Sciences and Immunology$69,628$27,445#13 of 49
Economics$68,973$44,292#284 of 368
Specialized Sales, Merchandising and Marketing Operations$66,440$36,686#8 of 42
Interior Architecture$64,751$45,345#5 of 17
Architecture$63,871$39,060#56 of 78
Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology$63,013$32,027#71 of 110
Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition Services$62,457—#7 of 70
Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication$62,247$41,023#90 of 178
Nutrition Sciences$62,087$23,843#23 of 53

Frequently Asked Questions

How much do Texas Tech University agricultural business and management graduates make?

Graduates earn a median $50,509 one year after graduating and $69,689 four years after graduating. Figures are from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.

How does Texas Tech University rank for agricultural business and management?

Among 77 colleges reporting earnings for agricultural business and management graduates, Texas Tech University ranks #21 by median pay four years after graduation, and #31 after adjusting for state wage levels.

Is agricultural business and management at Texas Tech University worth it?

Its graduates earn 5% more than the national median for agricultural business and management ($66,647), and the median federal debt at graduation is $15,750.

← All data for Texas Tech University · Methodology

Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, field-of-study data. Earnings are medians for graduates who received federal aid and were working and not enrolled; programs with few graduates are not reported. Wage adjustment uses Census ACS state median household income.