by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Soil Sciences Major in Wisconsin” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Soil Sciences is the 292nd most popular major in the country with 406 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. 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.
Across Wisconsin, there were 29 soil sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $45,118 and $22,100 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 22 soil sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,390 and $27,888 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Soil Sciences Major in Wisconsin” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in soil sciences. That schools that top this list have a program in soil sciences in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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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 “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Soil Sciences Major in Wisconsin” list to help you make the college decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Soil Sciences Major in Wisconsin”.
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 in Wisconsin. Stevens Point, Wisconsin is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s soil sciences degrees to 20 students in 2020-2021.
Full University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Soil Sciences Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Wisconsin - Madison. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Soil Sciences Major in Wisconsin. UW - Madison is located in Madison, Wisconsin and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 2 bachelors’s soil sciences degrees to qualified students.
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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 95%.
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