by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Soil Sciences Major” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
In 2020-2021, 406 people earned their degree in soil sciences, making the major the 292nd most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, soil sciences graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $43,848 and had an average of $20,406 in loans still to pay off.
At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 213 soil sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,682 and $26,217 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Soil Sciences Major” ranking, we looked at 23 colleges that offer a degree in soil sciences. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their soil sciences program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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The soil sciences school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Soil Sciences Major”.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Soil Sciences Major”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Soil Sciences Major. University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point is a public institution located in Stevens Point, Wisconsin. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 20 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Tennessee - Knoxville. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Soil Sciences Major. The University of Tennessee - Knoxville is a large school located in Knoxville, Tennessee that handed out 29 bachelors’s soil sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.1% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Read full report on Soil Sciences at The University of Tennessee - Knoxville
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern Illinois University Carbondale. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Soil Sciences Major list. SIUC is located in Carbondale, Illinois and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 13 bachelors’s soil sciences degrees to qualified students.
Out of the 23 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Soil Sciences Major that were part of this year’s ranking, Oklahoma State University - Main Campus landed the #4 spot on the list. This large school is located in Stillwater, Oklahoma, and it awarded 20 bachelors’s soil sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Brigham Young University - Provo. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Soil Sciences Major. BYU is a large school located in Provo, Utah that handed out 23 bachelors’s soil sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Colorado State University - Fort Collins did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Soil Sciences Major ranking, coming in at #6. Colorado State is a public institution located in Fort Collins, Colorado. The school has a large population, and it awarded 19 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read more about Soil Sciences at Colorado State University - Fort Collins
Clemson University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Soil Sciences Major ranking, coming in at #7. Located in Clemson, South Carolina, this large public school handed out 16 degrees to qualified bachelors’s soil sciences students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.7%, 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 94%.
University of Nebraska - Lincoln ranked #8 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Soil Sciences Major list. University of Nebraska - Lincoln is a large public school situated in Lincoln, Nebraska. It awarded 11 bachelors’s soil sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.2% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
With a ranking of #9, Michigan State University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Soil Sciences Major list. East Lansing, Michigan is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s soil sciences degrees to 22 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%.
Brigham Young University - Idaho landed the #10 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Soil Sciences Major ranking. Located in Rexburg, Idaho, this large private not-for-profit school awarded 12 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s soil sciences students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #11, North Dakota State University - Main Campus did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Soil Sciences Major list. North Dakota State University is located in Fargo, North Dakota and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 3 bachelors’s soil sciences degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.6% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Read more about Soil Sciences at North Dakota State University
Utah State University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Soil Sciences Major ranking, coming in at #12. Located in Logan, Utah, this large public school awarded 5 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s soil sciences students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #13, University of Georgia did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Soil Sciences Major list. University of Georgia is located in Athens, Georgia and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 9 bachelors’s soil sciences degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%.
New Mexico State University - Main Campus did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Soil Sciences Major ranking, coming in at #14. New Mexico State University - Main Campus is located in Las Cruces, New Mexico and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 2 bachelors’s soil sciences degrees to qualified students.
University of Puerto Rico - Mayaguez came in at #15 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Soil Sciences Major ranking. University of Puerto Rico - Mayaguez is a fairly large public school situated in Mayaguez, . It awarded 1 bachelors’s soil sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.4% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%.
Read full report on Soil Sciences at University of Puerto Rico - Mayaguez
University of Florida came in at #16 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Soil Sciences Major ranking. Gainesville, Florida is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s soil sciences degrees to 6 students in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
University of Wisconsin - Madison did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Soil Sciences Major ranking, coming in at #17. This large school is located in Madison, Wisconsin, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s soil sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 95%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
University of California - Davis came in at #18 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Soil Sciences Major ranking. UC Davis is a public institution located in Davis, California. The school has a large population, and it awarded 7 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.5% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%.
Read more about Soil Sciences at University of California - Davis
Purdue University - Main Campus ranked #18 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Soil Sciences Major list. This large school is located in West Lafayette, Indiana, and it awarded 11 bachelors’s soil sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
University of Idaho ranked #18 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Soil Sciences Major list. Located in Moscow, Idaho, this fairly large public school handed out 0 degrees to qualified bachelors’s soil sciences students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
University of Hawaii at Manoa did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Soil Sciences Major ranking, coming in at #18. UH Manoa is located in Honolulu, Hawaii and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 10 bachelors’s soil sciences degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Soil Sciences at University of Hawaii at Manoa
California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo ranked #18 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Soil Sciences Major list. California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo is a large public school situated in San Luis Obispo, California. It awarded 0 bachelors’s soil sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Full California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo Soil Sciences Report
University of Maryland - College Park landed the #18 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Soil Sciences Major ranking. UMCP is a large school located in College Park, Maryland that handed out 0 bachelors’s soil sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 95%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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