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

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 Plains States 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 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 “Most Well Attended Soil Sciences Major in the Plains States Region for a Bachelor’s” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in soil sciences. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have one of the most popular soil sciences programs in the United States.

See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Most Well Attended Soil Sciences Major in the Plains States Region for a Bachelor’s

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

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

1

University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Lincoln, Nebraska

#14 overall quality in Plains States

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Nebraska - Lincoln. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Soil Sciences Major in the Plains States Region for a Bachelor’s. 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 undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Full University of Nebraska - Lincoln Soil Sciences Report

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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 Most Well Attended Soil Sciences Major in the Plains States Region for a Bachelor’s. North Dakota State University - Main Campus is a fairly large public school situated in Fargo, North Dakota. It awarded 3 bachelors’s soil sciences degrees in 2020-2021.

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 full report on Soil Sciences at North Dakota State University - Main Campus

• Most Popular Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Soil Sciences

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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