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2022 Best Value Soil Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k

4 Ranked Colleges
53 Degrees Awarded
$8,400 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Soil Sciences Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Soil Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking.

In 2019-2020, 417 people earned their degree in soil sciences, making the major the 284th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, soil sciences graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $39,200 and had an average of $19,304 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southeast region, there were 115 soil sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,300 and $24,000 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 53 soil sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,277 and $25,415 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Soil Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in soil sciences. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality soil sciences programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the soil sciences program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Soil Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region bachelor’s degree soil sciences students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Soil Sciences (Income $0-$30k) in the Southeast Region

#1

University of Florida

Gainesville, Florida
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Florida. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Soil Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. UF is a public institution located in Gainesville, Florida. The school has a large population, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UF did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Soil Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for UF is $1,994 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Soil Sciences students whose families make $0-$30k.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%. The student loan default rate at the school is 2.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full University of Florida Soil Sciences Report

#2

University of Georgia

Athens, Georgia
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Georgia. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Soil Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Athens, Georgia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s soil sciences degrees to 5 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UGA, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Soil Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of Georgia is $7,541 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Soil Sciences students whose families make $0-$30k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%.

Read more about Soil Sciences at University of Georgia

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Tennessee - Knoxville. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Soil Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in Knoxville, Tennessee, this large public school handed out 35 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s soil sciences students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree soil sciences students whose families make $0-$30k list, UT Knoxville has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Soil Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for UT Knoxville is $10,224 for southeast region bachelor’s degree soil sciences students whose families make $0-$30k.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%. The low student loan default rate of 4.3% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read more about Soil Sciences at The University of Tennessee - Knoxville

#4

Clemson University

Clemson, South Carolina
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Soil Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Clemson University landed the #4 spot on the list. Clemson is a public institution located in Clemson, South Carolina. The school has a large population, and it awarded 12 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Clemson also took the #3 spot in our “Best Soil Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Clemson University is $13,698 for southeast region bachelor’s degree soil sciences students whose families make $0-$30k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 3.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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Notes and References

References

  • 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.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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