2024 Best Soil Sciences Schools in the Plains States Region
4Colleges in the Plains States Region
39Soil Sciences Degrees Awarded
If you're seeking a degree in soil sciences, you will have fewer peers than average since the major degree program is the #292 one in the country in terms of popularity.While this may limit the number of schools that offer the degree program, there are still top-quality ones to be found.
College Factual looked at 4 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Soil Sciences Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 39 degrees in soil sciences during the 2020-2021 academic year.
Your choice of soil sciences school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for soil sciences schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Soil Sciences Schools in the Plains States Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Best Schools for Soil Sciences in the Plains States Region
If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the soil sciences degrees they offer, see the list below.
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities is a wonderful choice for students pursuing a degree in soil sciences. Located in the city of Minneapolis, UMN Twin Cities is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #51 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UMN Twin Cities is a great university overall.
There were about 6 soil sciences students who graduated with this degree at UMN Twin Cities in the most recent data year.
Every student who is interested in soil sciences has to look into Iowa State University. Located in the city of Ames, Iowa State is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #75 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Iowa State is a great university overall.
There were about 12 soil sciences students who graduated with this degree at Iowa State in the most recent data year.
It is difficult to beat North Dakota State University - Main Campus if you wish to pursue a degree in soil sciences. North Dakota State University is a fairly large public university located in the medium-sized city of Fargo. This university ranks 2nd out of 12 schools for overall quality in the state of North Dakota.
There were about 6 soil sciences students who graduated with this degree at North Dakota State University in the most recent year we have data available.
University of Nebraska - Lincoln is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in soil sciences. UNL is a fairly large public university located in the city of Lincoln. This university ranks 2nd out of 19 colleges for overall quality in the state of Nebraska.
There were about 11 soil sciences students who graduated with this degree at UNL in the most recent data year.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).