Southeast Missouri State Agricultural Business (Bachelor's): Tuition, Graduate Salary, and Debt
- Bachelor's in Agricultural Business and Management
- Public university
- Cape Girardeau, MO
- About 49 graduates a year
College Scorecard June 2026 release · BLS wages May 2025
The short answer
Southeast Missouri State agricultural business graduates earn about what agricultural business graduates earn nationally, $44,418 in their first year. Where this program stands out is debt. The typical graduate leaves with $14,000 in federal loans, less than at 89% of agricultural business programs in the country. Strong value, but not one of the highest-paying agricultural business degrees in Missouri.
How it compares
Each figure is the median for graduates of the program. The Missouri and national columns are the medians across all agricultural business bachelor's programs that report the figure.
Five years out, Southeast Missouri State graduates earn more than the national figure and about $6,795 more than the Missouri median.
Debt and first-year pay at every Missouri agricultural business program
Programs in the upper left give graduates higher pay for less debt. Dashed lines mark the Missouri medians.
Hover over or tap a dot to see the school. Only programs that report both earnings and debt are shown.
What graduates earn over time
Pay rises about 45% between the first and fifth year.
Year 1 and year 5 figures come from different graduating classes, so the growth rate is an estimate.
Paying back the loans
On a standard 10-year plan, the median debt means a payment of about $148 a month, or 4.0% of a graduate's typical monthly pay in the first year.
Where graduates work, and what the pay is worth
75% of graduates (24 of 32) were working in Missouri one year after graduating. Prices in the Cape Girardeau area are about 14% below the national average, so a $44,418 salary here buys what about $51,602 buys in a typical US city.
Careers this field leads to
These are the jobs that the federal crosswalk from fields of study to occupations links to agricultural business, largest first. Pay is the median across all experience levels.
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers
$63,050Median pay in Missouri. 22,360 people work in this job in Missouri. Nationally, jobs are projected to stay about the same in number from 2025 to 2035, with about 127,400 openings a year. Typical education to start: high school diploma or equivalent, plus less than 5 years of related work experience.
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products
$61,940Median pay in Missouri. 21,960 people work in this job in Missouri. Nationally, jobs are projected to shrink 1% from 2025 to 2035, with about 99,800 openings a year. Typical education to start: high school diploma or equivalent.
Computer User Support Specialists
$59,770Median pay in Missouri. 13,510 people work in this job in Missouri. Nationally, jobs are projected to shrink 4% from 2025 to 2035, with about 39,700 openings a year. Typical education to start: some college, no degree.
Buyers and Purchasing Agents
$65,650Median pay in Missouri. 8,070 people work in this job in Missouri. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 6% from 2025 to 2035, with about 47,200 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree.
About Southeast Missouri State
Agricultural Business ranks 8th of 29 bachelor's programs at Southeast Missouri State by first-year earnings. The top three are Nursing ($68,302), Information Technology ($62,891), and Computer and Information Science ($58,964).
Common questions
The median graduate earns $44,418 one year after graduating and $64,541 five years after. The median across agricultural business bachelor's programs in Missouri is $44,002.
The median federal loan balance is $14,000, which ranks the lowest of 5 agricultural business bachelor's programs in Missouri. That works out to about $148 a month over 10 years.
On the numbers, yes for most students. Debt equals 32% of first-year earnings, against a national median of 40%.
Most do. 75% (24 of 32) were working in Missouri one year after graduating.
About this data
- Earnings and debt only include students who received federal financial aid (grants or loans).
- Earnings only count graduates who were working and not enrolled in more school. Graduates who went straight to further study are not included.
- Debt only includes federal loans. Private loans and credit cards are not counted.
- Some schools with several campuses report one combined figure for all of them. We count each of those schools once, and leave them out of Missouri comparisons when their main campus is in another state.
- Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago. BLS wages are from May 2025.
- School-level numbers like tuition, admission rate, and graduation rate are for the whole school, not the agricultural business program.
Sources
- U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
- Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities, 2024
- NCES, CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk, and IPEDS institution directory, 2024