The main focus area for this major is Soil Science & Agronomy, General. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
Soil Sciences is a major offered under the agriculture and agriculture operations program of study at University of Wisconsin - Madison. Here, you’ll find out more about the major bachelor’s degree program in soil sciences, including such details as the number of graduates, ethnicity of students, related majors and concentrations, and more.
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In order to help students and their parents find the best school for them, we have created several different types of college rankings, which are updated yearly. In College Factual's most recent rankings for the best schools for soil sciences majors, UW - Madison came in at #2. This puts it in the top 5% of the country in this field of study. It is also ranked #1 in Wisconsin.
Here are some of the other rankings for UW - Madison.
In 2019-2020, the average part-time undergraduate tuition at UW - Madison was $1,548 per credit hour for out-of-state students. The average for in-state students was $386 per credit hour. The average full-time tuition and fees for undergraduates are shown in the table below.
In State | Out of State | |
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Tuition | $9,273 | $37,161 |
Fees | $1,469 | $1,469 |
Books and Supplies | $1,150 | $1,150 |
On Campus Room and Board | $12,200 | $12,200 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $3,066 | $3,066 |
Learn more about UW - Madison tuition and fees.
Online degrees for the UW - Madison soil sciences bachelor’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the UW - Madison Online Learning page.
Of the students who received their bachelor’s degree in soil sciences in 2019-2020, 40.0% of them were women. This is higher than the nationwide number of 36.3%.
Around 40.0% of soil sciences bachelor’s degree recipients at UW - Madison in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*. This is higher than the nationwide number of 13%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 1 |
Black or African American | 0 |
Hispanic or Latino | 1 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 3 |
International Students | 0 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 0 |
Soil Sciences students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
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Soil Science & Agronomy, General | 5 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to soil sciences.
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Agricultural Economics & Business | 44 |
Agricultural Public Services | 59 |
Animal Science | 50 |
Food Science Technology | 29 |
Plant Sciences | 23 |
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
More about our data sources and methodologies.