2022 Best Value Soil Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Soil Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this 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 Great Lakes region, there were 122 soil sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,867 and $21,713 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 18 soil sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,039 and $42,488 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Soil Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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.

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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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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 Master’s in the Great Lakes Region” list to help you make the college decision.

We’ve created a tool called College Combat that lets you create your own customized comparisons based on the factors that matter the most to you. Go ahead and give it a try, or bookmark the link so you can check it out later.

Best Value Soil Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Soil Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Soil Sciences in the Great Lakes Region

#1

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, Indiana

#1 in overall quality

$28,794 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Soil Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Purdue University - Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. Purdue University - Main Campus is located in West Lafayette, Indiana and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 11 masters’s soil sciences degrees to qualified students.

Purdue not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Soil Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Purdue are $28,794, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Soil Sciences at Purdue

#2

Michigan State University

East Lansing, Michigan

#2 in overall quality

$37,056 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Michigan State University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Soil Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in East Lansing, Michigan, this large public school handed out 4 degrees to qualified masters’s soil sciences students in 2019-2020.

Michigan State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Soil Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Michigan State are $37,056.

Read full report on Soil Sciences at Michigan State

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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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