2023 Most Popular Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Soil Science & Agronomy, General in the Plains States Region

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Soil Science & Agronomy, General is the 731st most popular major in the country with 308 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

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

This year’s “Most Well Attended Soil Science and Agronomy, General Major in the Plains States Region for a Bachelor’s” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in soil science and agronomy, general. To top this list, a school must have a successful soil science and agronomy, general program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.

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Most Well Attended Soil Science and Agronomy, General Major in the Plains States Region for a Bachelor’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region bachelor’s degree soil science and agronomy, general students.

Top 2 Most Popular Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Soil Science & Agronomy, General 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 Science and Agronomy, General 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 science and agronomy, general degrees in 2020-2021.

With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. 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%.

Full UNL Soil Science & Agronomy, General Report

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North Dakota State University - Main Campus
Fargo, North Dakota

Top 15% overall quality in Plains States

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Soil Science and Agronomy, General Major in the Plains States Region for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, North Dakota State University - Main Campus landed the #2 spot on the list. North Dakota State University is a fairly large public school situated in Fargo, North Dakota. It awarded 3 bachelors’s soil science and agronomy, general 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 Science & Agronomy, General Report

• Most Popular Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Soil Science & Agronomy, General

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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