Program Payoff

Ohio State University-Main Campus

Columbus, Ohio. 44 certificate and associate programs, public. 44 of them report what graduates earn; for the rest, the figure below is what the occupation pays in Ohio.

ProgramCredentialMedian debtGraduates earnThe occupation pays
Animal Sciences Associate's degree $12,000 $33,993 (12) $54,940
First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers
Applied Horticulture and Horticultural Business Services Associate's degree $12,000 $31,799 (36) $45,680
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers
Agricultural Production Operations Associate's degree $12,000 $31,133 (20) $31,200
Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities Associate's degree $13,000 $28,960 (20) $75,680
Postsecondary Teachers, All Other
Agricultural Business and Management Associate's degree $12,000 not published $73,960
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products
Business Administration, Management and Operations Undergraduate certificate $16,816 not published $97,700
General and Operations Managers
Plant Sciences Associate's degree $11,717 not published $63,160
Conservation Scientists
Agricultural Engineering Associate's degree not published $166,870
Architectural and Engineering Managers
Agricultural Mechanization Undergraduate certificate not published $63,200
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines
Agricultural Mechanization Associate's degree not published $63,200
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines
Agricultural Public Services Associate's degree not published $49,890
Audio and Video Technicians
Agricultural and Food Products Processing Associate's degree not published $54,940
First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers
Agriculture, General Associate's degree not published $56,820
Soil and Plant Scientists
Animal Sciences Undergraduate certificate not published $54,940
First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers
Anthropology Undergraduate certificate not published $129,940
Managers, All Other
Area Studies Undergraduate certificate not published $80,060
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Teachers, Postsecondary
Astronomy and Astrophysics Undergraduate certificate not published $137,170
Natural Sciences Managers
Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology Associate's degree not published $83,910
Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists
Business/Managerial Economics Undergraduate certificate not published $94,270
Management Analysts
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions Undergraduate certificate not published $47,570
Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other
Construction Engineering Technology/Technician Associate's degree not published $101,980
Construction Managers
Construction Management Associate's degree not published $95,770
Project Management Specialists
Engineering, Other Associate's degree not published $166,870
Architectural and Engineering Managers
Engineering/Engineering-Related Technologies/Technicians, Other Undergraduate certificate not published
Environmental Control Technologies/Technicians Associate's degree not published $62,510
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers
Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy Associate's degree not published $77,020
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers
Fine and Studio Arts Associate's degree not published $78,800
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education
Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences Undergraduate certificate not published $137,170
Natural Sciences Managers
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General Undergraduate certificate not published $64,860
Health Education Specialists
Health and Medical Administrative Services Undergraduate certificate not published $64,220
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers
International/Globalization Studies Undergraduate certificate not published $73,590
Social Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary, All Other
Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services Undergraduate certificate not published $78,800
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education
Marine Sciences Undergraduate certificate not published $75,680
Postsecondary Teachers, All Other
Middle/Near Eastern and Semitic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics Undergraduate certificate not published $78,800
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education
Natural Resources Conservation and Research Associate's degree not published $75,030
Compliance Officers
Natural Sciences Undergraduate certificate not published $75,680
Postsecondary Teachers, All Other
Philosophy Undergraduate certificate not published $81,330
Mathematical Science Teachers, Postsecondary
Public Health Undergraduate certificate not published $106,140
Medical and Health Services Managers
Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication Undergraduate certificate not published $64,780
Training and Development Specialists
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing Undergraduate certificate not published $82,510
Registered Nurses
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics Undergraduate certificate not published $78,800
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education
Slavic, Baltic and Albanian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics Undergraduate certificate not published $78,800
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods Associate's degree not published $78,800
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas Associate's degree not published $78,800
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education

"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.