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

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Soil Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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 the Southeast region, there were 115 soil sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,300 and $24,000 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 12 soil sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,978 and $116,300 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great soil sciences programs and 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Soil Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region

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

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Soil Sciences in the Southeast Region

#1

University of Florida

Gainesville, Florida

#1 in overall quality

$30,130 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

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 Doctorate in the Southeast Region. Located in Gainesville, Florida, this large public school handed out 9 degrees to qualified doctorate’s soil sciences students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UF, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Soil Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UF are $30,130, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Soil Sciences at UF

#2

North Carolina State University

Raleigh, North Carolina

#2 in overall quality

$28,999 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Soil Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, North Carolina State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Raleigh, North Carolina is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s soil sciences degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

NC State also took the #2 spot in our “Best Soil Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at NC State are $28,999, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Soil Sciences at NC State

• 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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