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2023 Most Well Attended Soil Sciences Major in the Rocky Mountains Region for a Bachelor’s

5 Ranked Colleges
59 Degrees Awarded
$38,645 Avg Salary
Most Well Attended Soil Sciences Major in the Rocky Mountains Region for a Bachelor's

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Most Well Attended Soil Sciences Major in the Rocky Mountains Region for a Bachelor’s” 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.

Across the Rocky Mountains region, there were 72 soil sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,645 and $21,750 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 59 soil sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,089 and $26,296 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Soil Sciences Major in the Rocky Mountains Region for a Bachelor’s” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in soil sciences. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in soil sciences.

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Most Well Attended Soil Sciences Major in the Rocky Mountains Region for a Bachelor’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Soil Sciences Major in the Rocky Mountains Region for a Bachelor’s”.

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Out of the 5 schools in the Most Well Attended Soil Sciences Major in the Rocky Mountains Region for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Brigham Young University - Provo landed the #1 spot on the list. Provo, Utah is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s soil sciences degrees to 23 students in 2020-2021.

With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full BYU Soil Sciences Report

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Colorado State University - Fort Collins. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Soil Sciences Major in the Rocky Mountains Region for a Bachelor’s. Colorado State is located in Fort Collins, Colorado and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 19 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.

Full Colorado State University - Fort Collins Soil Sciences Report

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Brigham Young University - Idaho. The school came in at #3 for the Most Well Attended Soil Sciences Major in the Rocky Mountains Region for a Bachelor’s. BYU - I is a private not-for-profit institution located in Rexburg, Idaho. The school has a large population, and it awarded 12 bachelors’s degrees 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%.

Read full report on Soil Sciences at BYU - I

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Utah State University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Soil Sciences Major in the Rocky Mountains Region for a Bachelor’s list. Utah State University is a public institution located in Logan, Utah. The school has a large population, and it awarded 5 bachelors’s degrees 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%.

Read full report on Soil Sciences at Utah State University

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University of Idaho
Moscow, Idaho

Out of the 5 schools in the Most Well Attended Soil Sciences Major in the Rocky Mountains Region for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Idaho landed the #5 spot on the list. U of I is a fairly large public school situated in Moscow, Idaho. It awarded 0 bachelors’s soil sciences degrees 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%.

Full U of I Soil Sciences Report

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