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What can you do with a
Soil Sciences degree?

Soil Sciences is high-paying, AI barely touches it, and you would have escape routes.

Is this major worth the money?

Real graduate earnings vs. the debt you'd carry — and how long it takes to pay off.
7.0 yrs
to pay back the degree
+$17k
earnings premium vs no degree
Median earnings
$61,838
Typical debt
$20,742
4-yr net cost
$68,976
Monthly loan payment
$236/mo
If you earn:

Where this major actually leads

4 careers it opens — bar color = AI risk, tag = how hard the path is.
Agricultural Sciences Teachers, Postsecondarystretch
AI risk 0 → 50 future · +4.1% demand
$87,000
Microbiologistsstretch
AI risk 10 → 40 future · +4.1% demand
$65,598
Soil and Plant Scientistscommon
AI risk 5 → 49 future · +5.4% demand
$60,029
Agricultural Techniciansstretch
AI risk 1 → 32 future · +4.3% demand
$48,000
● green = AI-safe · red = AI-exposed · click any career for the full breakdown
How this is built. We take every career this major leads to (CIP→SOC official crosswalk), then join each one's real salary (BLS/DOL), AI exposure (O*NET + model), demand growth, and skill-based escape routes. ROI from College Scorecard. Every figure here is joined from official sources, not estimated.