Program Payoff

Michigan State University

East Lansing, Michigan. 9 certificate and associate programs, public. 9 of them report what graduates earn; for the rest, the figure below is what the occupation pays in Michigan.

ProgramCredentialMedian debtGraduates earnThe occupation pays
Applied Horticulture and Horticultural Business Services Undergraduate certificate $12,000 $27,862 (29) $38,120
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers
Agricultural Business and Management Undergraduate certificate not published $72,980
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products
Agricultural Production Operations Undergraduate certificate $7,500 not published $63,500
Conservation Scientists
Electrical and Power Transmission Installers Undergraduate certificate not published $76,270
Electricians
Agricultural and Food Products Processing Undergraduate certificate not published $55,460
First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers
Agricultural/Animal/Plant/Veterinary Science and Related Fields, Other Undergraduate certificate not published
Animal Sciences Undergraduate certificate not published $55,460
First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers
Food Science and Technology Undergraduate certificate not published $40,160
Food Batchmakers
Veterinary/Animal Health Technologies/Technicians Undergraduate certificate not published $37,960
Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers

"Graduates earn" is the median two years after completing, from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard, released 2026-06-10; the number in brackets is how many graduates it covers. A dash means the Department has not published a figure — it withholds any median computed from too few graduates — and never that the figure is zero. "The occupation pays" is the state median for the occupation the program leads to, from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey, and describes everyone in that job rather than graduates of this school.