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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Soil Sciences in the Southeast Region

4 Ranked Colleges
53 Degrees Awarded
$14,700 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Soil Sciences Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southeast Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region” 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 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” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in soil sciences. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent soil sciences programs, but they also cost less that 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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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Soil Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Soil Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region bachelor’s degree soil sciences students.

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Soil Sciences in the Southeast Region

#1

University of Florida

Gainesville, Florida
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Florida. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Soil Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region. UF is located in Gainesville, Florida and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 bachelors’s soil sciences degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree soil sciences students list, UF has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Soil Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend UF is $6,302 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Soil Sciences students.

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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%.

Read more about Soil Sciences at UF

#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 list. This large school is located in Athens, Georgia, and it awarded 5 bachelors’s soil sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree soil sciences students list, UGA has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Soil Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for UGA is $13,649 for southeast region bachelor’s degree soil sciences students.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%. The student loan default rate at the school is 2.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Soil Sciences at University of Georgia

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Soil Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Tennessee - Knoxville landed the #3 spot on the list. The University of Tennessee - Knoxville is a large school located in Knoxville, Tennessee that handed out 35 bachelors’s soil sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

UT Knoxville also made our “Best Soil Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #4. It costs about $18,825 for southeast region bachelor’s degree soil sciences students per year to attend UT Knoxville.

With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 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 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 did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Soil Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Clemson is $20,008 for southeast region bachelor’s degree soil sciences students.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%. 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%.

Read full report on Soil Sciences at Clemson

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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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