2023 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Soil Sciences in the Plains States Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Soil Sciences Major in the Plains States Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 the Plains States region, there were 39 soil sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 14 soil sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,046 and $29,021 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Soil Sciences Major in the Plains States Region” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered 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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Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Soil Sciences Major in the Plains States Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region bachelor’s degree soil sciences students.

Top 2 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Soil Sciences in the Plains States Region

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University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Lincoln, Nebraska

#14 overall quality in Plains States

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Soil Sciences Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Nebraska - Lincoln landed the #1 spot on the 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 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.

Read more about Soil Sciences at UNL

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North Dakota State University - Main Campus
Fargo, North Dakota

Top 15% overall quality in Plains States

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend North Dakota State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Soil Sciences Major in the Plains States Region. North Dakota State University is a fairly large public school situated in Fargo, North Dakota. It awarded 3 bachelors’s soil sciences 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%.

Full North Dakota State University - Main Campus Soil Sciences Report

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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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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