2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Soil Sciences (Income $30-$48k) in the Southeast Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Soil Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 417 people earned their degree in soil sciences, making the major the 284th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, soil sciences graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $39,200 and had an average of $19,304 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southeast region, there were 115 soil sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,300 and $24,000 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 29 soil sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,950 and $43,286 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Soil Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in soil sciences. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent soil sciences programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the soil sciences program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Soil Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region master’s degree soil sciences students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 4 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Soil Sciences (Income $30-$48k) in the Southeast Region

#1

University of Florida

Gainesville, Florida

#1 in overall quality

$30,130 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$64,493 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Florida. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Soil Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k. University of Florida is a large school located in Gainesville, Florida that handed out 17 masters’s soil sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

UF also made our “Best Soil Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Florida are $30,130, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Soil Sciences at University of Florida

#2

North Carolina State University

Raleigh, North Carolina

#2 in overall quality

$28,999 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend North Carolina State University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Soil Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Located in Raleigh, North Carolina, this large public school handed out 6 degrees to qualified masters’s soil sciences students in 2019-2020.

NC State also made our “Best Soil Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at North Carolina State University are $28,999, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Soil Sciences at NC State

#3

The University of Tennessee - Knoxville

Knoxville, Tennessee

#3 in overall quality

$31,798 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Soil Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Tennessee - Knoxville landed the #3 spot on the list. Knoxville, Tennessee is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s soil sciences degrees to 4 students in 2019-2020.

UT Knoxville also took the #3 spot in our “Best Soil Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UT Knoxville are $31,798, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full UT Knoxville Soil Sciences Report

#4

Tuskegee University

Tuskegee, Alabama

$23,398 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Tuskegee University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Soil Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k. Located in Tuskegee, Alabama, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 2 diplomas to qualified masters’s soil sciences students in 2019-2020.

Tuskegee also made our “Best Soil Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #0. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Tuskegee University are $23,398.

Read full report on Soil Sciences at Tuskegee

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Soil Sciences (Income $30-$48k)

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

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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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