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Farm and home management educators

Typically requires Master's degree

What is this page & how do I use it?

This is a research report for one career — the kind an analyst would write for a stock. The rating at the top is the neutral baseline (same for everyone); below it come the cases for and against, how the last official forecast for this career actually aged, and what the education path costs and pays.

How to use it: read the bulls-vs-bears case, then hit Score this career to weigh it against your other options with your own interests factored in.

CareerStar rating
RiskyMedium uncertainty

Analyst take: Softer prospects — -2.5% projected growth, low AI exposure (37/100).

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/ 100
low riskhigh
top row = high reward

Moat (borrowed from investing — the water that defends a castle): how shielded this career is from AI. Narrow = some shelter, but AI can reach a real share of its tasks.

The small grid is a style box (borrowed from Morningstar’s fund reports): the blue square places this career on reward (top row = high) versus risk (left column = low), against all 730 careers. Medium uncertainty means the score leans partly on forward-looking bets like AI exposure, so treat the exact number loosely.

🐂 Bulls say
  • +Low AI exposure — resilient (37% of tasks exposed).
🐻 Bears say
  • Projected to shrink (-2.5%).
📜 Reality check — how the last forecast for this career fared

In 2014, the U.S. government projected +10.2% growth for this career by 2024. What actually happened: +14.8%. The forecast held up well — a reminder that every number on this page is an estimate, and this is how the last one aged. Full back-test →

Was this rating fair?
Projected growth
-2.5%
Median pay
$58,120
AI exposure
37/100
share of tasks exposed to AI — not job loss

Education & ROI — how to get here

Real outcomes for the college majors that feed this occupation, across 1,232 bachelor’s programs.

Median earnings
$31,594
1 year after graduating
Typical debt
$23,250
median federal debt
Pay-to-debt
1.4×
first-year pay ÷ debt
Feeder majors
Animal SciencesFamily and Consumer Sciences/Human SciencesHuman Development, Family Studies, and Related ServicesFamily and Consumer Economics and Related ServicesApparel and Textiles
Selective schools offering these majors
Columbia University in the City of New York
NY · 4% admit rate
$89,472/yr
$102,491 grad pay
Vanderbilt University
TN · 6% admit rate
$89,590/yr
$91,565 grad pay
Northwestern University
IL · 8% admit rate
$91,250/yr
$89,363 grad pay
Cornell University
NY · 9% admit rate
$88,140/yr
$104,043 grad pay
New York University
NY · 9% admit rate
$84,374/yr
$82,509 grad pay
University of California-Berkeley
CA · 11% admit rate
$45,619/yr
$92,446 grad pay

Earnings & debt from the U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard; majors mapped to this occupation via the NCES CIP→SOC crosswalk. A grounded ROI snapshot, not a guarantee — pay varies widely by school and specialty.

What this work involves

teachingeducationpeoplecommunication