Texas Tech Agriculture (Bachelor's): Tuition, Graduate Salary, and Debt
- Bachelor's in Agriculture, General
- Public university
- Lubbock, TX
College Scorecard June 2026 release · BLS wages May 2025
The short answer
Texas Tech agriculture graduates earn more than graduates of most agriculture programs nationally, $54,596 in their first year. Debt is high. The typical graduate leaves with $27,000 in federal loans, more than at 84% of agriculture programs in the country. One other Texas program reports higher pay.
How it compares
Each figure is the median for graduates of the program. The Texas and national columns are the medians across all agriculture bachelor's programs that report the figure.
Five years out, Texas Tech graduates earn about the national figure but about $5,322 less than the Texas median.
Debt and first-year pay at every Texas agriculture program
Programs in the upper left give graduates higher pay for less debt. Dashed lines mark the Texas 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 falls about 4% 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 $286 a month, or 6.3% of a graduate's typical monthly pay in the first year.
The government publishes these as ranges to protect privacy. They were measured in 2018 to 2020, partly during the pandemic pause on federal loan payments, so the forbearance share may be higher than usual.
Where graduates work, and what the pay is worth
96% of graduates (22 of 23) were working in Texas one year after graduating. Prices in the Lubbock area are about 9% below the national average, so a $54,596 salary here buys what about $59,787 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 agriculture, largest first. Pay is the median across all experience levels.
Soil and Plant Scientists
$78,850Median pay nationwide. 500 people work in this job in Texas. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 7% from 2025 to 2035, with about 1,400 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree.
Agricultural Technicians
$50,270Median pay in Texas. 120 people work in this job in Texas. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 5% from 2025 to 2035, with about 2,800 openings a year. Typical education to start: associate's degree.
Food Scientists and Technologists
$90,610Median pay in Texas. 840 people work in this job in Texas. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 6% from 2025 to 2035, with about 1,000 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree.
Animal Scientists
$132,830Median pay in Texas. 40 people work in this job in Texas. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 6% from 2025 to 2035, with about 200 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree.
About Texas Tech
Agriculture ranks 17th of 59 bachelor's programs at Texas Tech by first-year earnings. The top three are Computer Engineering ($85,619), Computer and Information Science ($82,521), and Petroleum Engineering ($80,460).
Common questions
The median graduate earns $54,596 one year after graduating and $52,441 five years after. The median across agriculture bachelor's programs in Texas is $44,994.
The median federal loan balance is $27,000, which ranks 6th lowest of 7 agriculture bachelor's programs in Texas. That works out to about $286 a month over 10 years.
On the numbers, yes for most students. Debt equals 49% of first-year earnings, against a national median of 54%.
Most do. 96% (22 of 23) were working in Texas 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 Texas 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 agriculture 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