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2026 Highest Paid Agricultural Production Grads in the Great Lakes Region

[Agricultural Production](/majors/agriculture-ag-operations/agricultural-production/) is a field where your choice of school can shape what you earn after graduation. The highest-paying schools turn a agricultural production degree into the strongest early-career earnings.

For its 2026 highest-paid-graduates ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools to find where agricultural production graduates earn the most.

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• Highest Paid Agricultural Production Grads in the Great Lakes Region

2026 Highest Paid Agricultural Production Grads in the Great Lakes Region

If you want to know which schools send agricultural production graduates into the highest-paying careers, see the list below.

Highest Paid Agricultural Production Graduates

1

Purdue University Main Campus
West Lafayette, IN

$56,835 Average Early-Career Salary

Our analysis ranked Purdue University Main Campus the top school for agricultural production graduate earnings in the Great Lakes Region. Located in the city of West Lafayette, Purdue University Main Campus is a public institution. Early-career agricultural production graduates from Purdue University Main Campus make a median of around $56,835 per year.

2

Ohio State University Agricultural Technical Institute
Wooster, OH

$41,301 Average Early-Career Salary

Ohio State University Agricultural Technical Institute came in at #2 on our 2026 list of the highest-paying agricultural production schools. Ohio State University Agricultural Technical Institute is a public school located in the town of Wooster. After graduating, agricultural production degree recipients from Ohio State University Agricultural Technical Institute typically earn about $41,301 annually.

3

Northcentral Technical College
Wausau, WI

$28,132 Average Early-Career Salary

A rank of #3 makes Northcentral Technical College one of the highest-paying schools for agricultural production. Northcentral Technical College is a public school located in the city of Wausau. Students who complete the agricultural production program here go on to a median salary of roughly $28,132.

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Notes and References

This list is compiled by College Factual, 2026 edition. The methodology measures the salaries agricultural production graduates go on to earn early in their careers, drawn primarily from the U.S. Department of Education (College Scorecard field-of-study earnings and IPEDS).

Ranking method: College Major Earnings · 3 schools evaluated.

*Salary figures reflect median early-career earnings (about 5 years after graduation) and may vary by how long a person takes to complete their degree.

• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE), serves as the core of our data about colleges.
• Graduate earnings data comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard) field-of-study earnings.

More about our data sources and methodologies.