University of Arkansas Agricultural Business (Bachelor's): Tuition, Graduate Salary, and Debt
- Bachelor's in Agricultural Business and Management
- Public university
- Fayetteville, AR
- About 78 graduates a year
College Scorecard June 2026 release · BLS wages May 2025
The short answer
University of Arkansas agricultural business graduates earn more than graduates of most agricultural business programs nationally, $54,783 in their first year. The typical graduate leaves with $18,909 in federal loans, close to the national median of $20,000. It is one of the higher-paying agricultural business degrees in Arkansas.
How it compares
Each figure is the median for graduates of the program. The Arkansas and national columns are the medians across all agricultural business bachelor's programs that report the figure.
Five years out, University of Arkansas graduates earn more than the national figure and about $12,508 more than the Arkansas median.
Debt and first-year pay at every Arkansas agricultural business program
Programs in the upper left give graduates higher pay for less debt. Dashed lines mark the Arkansas 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 23% between the first and fifth year.
Year 1 and year 5 figures come from different graduating classes, so the growth rate is an estimate.
Does family income change the outcome?
Graduates who received Pell Grants, which go to students from lower-income families, earned about the same in their first year as other graduates. At this program, the outcome does not look worse for students with less money.
Paying back the loans
On a standard 10-year plan, the median debt means a payment of about $200 a month, or 4.4% 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
71% of graduates (42 of 59) were working in Arkansas one year after graduating. Prices in the Fayetteville area are about 9% below the national average, so a $54,783 salary here buys what about $59,968 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
$58,100Median pay in Arkansas. 13,630 people work in this job in Arkansas. 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
$55,120Median pay in Arkansas. 12,740 people work in this job in Arkansas. 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
$46,360Median pay in Arkansas. 4,390 people work in this job in Arkansas. 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
$75,870Median pay in Arkansas. 4,510 people work in this job in Arkansas. 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 University of Arkansas
Agricultural Business ranks 16th of 56 bachelor's programs at University of Arkansas by first-year earnings. The top three are Computer Engineering ($77,306), Electrical Engineering ($76,832), and Industrial Engineering ($75,968).
Common questions
The median graduate earns $54,783 one year after graduating and $67,154 five years after. The median across agricultural business bachelor's programs in Arkansas is $42,565.
The median federal loan balance is $18,909, which ranks 3rd lowest of 5 agricultural business bachelor's programs in Arkansas. That works out to about $200 a month over 10 years.
On the numbers, yes for most students. Debt equals 35% of first-year earnings, against a national median of 40%.
Most do. 71% (42 of 59) were working in Arkansas 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 Arkansas 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