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2026 Highest Paid Agricultural Public Services Grads in the Great Lakes Region

[Agricultural Public Services](/majors/agriculture-ag-operations/agricultural-public-services/) graduates earn very different salaries depending on where they study. The highest-paying schools turn a agricultural public services degree into the strongest early-career earnings.

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

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• Highest Paid Agricultural Public Services Grads in the Great Lakes Region

2026 Highest Paid Agricultural Public Services Grads in the Great Lakes Region

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

Highest Paid Agricultural Public Services Graduates

1

University Of Wisconsin Madison
Madison, WI

$69,239 Average Early-Career Salary

Leading the list is University Of Wisconsin Madison, our #1 for agricultural public services graduate salaries in the Great Lakes Region. University Of Wisconsin Madison is a public school located in the city of Madison. After graduating, agricultural public services degree recipients from University Of Wisconsin Madison typically earn about $69,239 annually.

2

University Of Illinois At Urbana Champaign
Champaign, IL

$48,643 Average Early-Career Salary

University Of Illinois At Urbana Champaign came in at #2 on our 2026 list of the highest-paying agricultural public services schools. Located in the city of Champaign, University Of Illinois At Urbana Champaign is a public institution. Agricultural Public Services graduates of University Of Illinois At Urbana Champaign earn a median of about $48,643 a year early in their careers.

3

Ohio State University Main Campus
Columbus, OH

$23,221 Average Early-Career Salary

Ohio State University Main Campus came in at #3 on our 2026 list of the highest-paying agricultural public services schools. Set in the city of Columbus, Ohio State University Main Campus is a public institution. Agricultural Public Services graduates of Ohio State University Main Campus earn a median of about $23,221 a year early in their careers.

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Notes and References

This list is compiled by College Factual, 2026 edition. Schools are ranked on the median early-career earnings of their agricultural public services graduates, 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.