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Master's · Knoxville, Tennessee

Is Agricultural Public Services at The University of Tennessee-Knoxville worth it?

Low confidence Low confidence: fewer than 40 graduates behind the earnings figures.

The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans

Pays back slowly: graduates typically recover the cost in about 10.1 years.

Earnings 1 year after graduating
$59,452
Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Earnings 4 years after graduating
$63,372
Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical federal debt at graduation
$25,125
NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
$27k (likely $27k – $27k)
AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Earnings bump, year 4
$5k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in TN
2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
Payback
10.1 years (likely 3.3–20+)
Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
10-year net return
−$131k (likely −$230k – −$2k)
Today's dollars
20-year net return
−$76k (likely −$280k – $182k)
Today's dollars

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Scorecard reports no net price for graduate programs; cost is based on what graduates typically borrowed.

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