2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Soil Sciences (Income $0-$30k) in the Southwest Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Soil Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Southwest region, there were 38 soil sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $14,000 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 16 soil sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,078 and $37,227 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Soil Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in soil sciences. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great soil sciences programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the soil sciences program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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

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

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Soil Sciences (Income $0-$30k) in the Southwest Region

#1

Oklahoma State University - Main Campus

Stillwater, Oklahoma

#1 in overall quality

$23,963 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Soil Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Oklahoma State University - Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. Oklahoma State University - Main Campus is located in Stillwater, Oklahoma and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 11 masters’s soil sciences degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our southwest region master’s degree soil sciences students whose families make $0-$30k list, OSU has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Soil Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Oklahoma State University - Main Campus are $23,963, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#2

Texas A&M University - College Station

College Station, Texas

$22,743 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Soil Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas A&M University - College Station landed the #2 spot on the list. College Station, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s soil sciences degrees to 5 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region master’s degree soil sciences students whose families make $0-$30k list, Texas A&M College Station has also earned the #0 rank in our “Best Soil Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Texas A&M College Station are $22,743, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Soil Sciences (Income $0-$30k)

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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