2022 Best Value Soil Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in Michigan

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Doctorate in Michigan” ranking.

Soil Sciences is the 284th most popular major in the country with 417 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. 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 Michigan, there were 39 soil sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,700 and $19,325 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 8 soil sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $70,785 and $113,051 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent soil sciences programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the soil sciences program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Soil Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in Michigan” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Soil Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in Michigan

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Soil Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in Michigan.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Soil Sciences in Michigan

#1

Michigan State University

East Lansing, Michigan

#1 in overall quality

$37,056 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Soil Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in Michigan that were part of this year’s ranking, Michigan State University landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in East Lansing, Michigan, and it awarded 8 doctorate’s soil sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

Michigan State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Soil Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in Michigan” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Michigan State are $37,056, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Michigan State Soil Sciences Report

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• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Soil Sciences

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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