by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Soil Sciences Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
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 Far Western US region, there were 23 soil sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 17 soil sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,693 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Soil Sciences Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking looked at 6 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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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Soil Sciences Major in the Far Western US Region”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Hawaii at Manoa. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Soil Sciences Major in the Far Western US Region. UH Manoa is a fairly large school located in Honolulu, Hawaii that handed out 9 masters’s soil sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - Davis. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Soil Sciences Major in the Far Western US Region list. Davis, California is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s soil sciences degrees to 5 students in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. 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%.
Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Soil Sciences Major in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Oregon State University landed the #3 spot on the list. Oregon State University is located in Corvallis, Oregon and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 2 masters’s soil sciences degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.8%, 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 be in good company if you decide to attend Washington State University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Soil Sciences Major in the Far Western US Region list. Pullman, Washington is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s soil sciences degrees to 1 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of California - Riverside. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Soil Sciences Major in the Far Western US Region. This large school is located in Riverside, California, and it awarded 0 masters’s soil sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.3% 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%.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Washington - Seattle Campus. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Soil Sciences Major in the Far Western US Region list. UW Seattle is a large public school situated in Seattle, Washington. It awarded 0 masters’s soil sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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