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2022 Best Value Soil Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k

4 Ranked Colleges
53 Degrees Awarded
$19,400 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Soil Sciences Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Soil Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking.

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 bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 53 soil sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,277 and $25,415 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Soil Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in soil sciences. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality soil sciences programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the soil sciences program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Soil Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Soil Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Soil Sciences (Income $75-$110k) in the Southeast Region

#1

University of Florida

Gainesville, Florida
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Florida. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Soil Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. This large school is located in Gainesville, Florida, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s soil sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

UF not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Soil Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for University of Florida is $12,685 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Soil Sciences students whose families make $75-$110k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full UF Soil Sciences Report

#2

University of Georgia

Athens, Georgia
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Soil Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Georgia landed the #2 spot on the list. Athens, Georgia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s soil sciences degrees to 5 students in 2019-2020.

UGA not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Soil Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend UGA is $17,105 for southeast region bachelor’s degree soil sciences students whose families make $75-$110k.

The low student loan default rate of 2.5% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read full report on Soil Sciences at University of Georgia

#3

Clemson University

Clemson, South Carolina
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Clemson University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Soil Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. Clemson, South Carolina is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s soil sciences degrees to 12 students in 2019-2020.

Clemson also took the #3 spot in our “Best Soil Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Clemson is $22,937 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Soil Sciences students whose families make $75-$110k.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Clemson Soil Sciences Report

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Tennessee - Knoxville. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Soil Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k. UT Knoxville is a large public school situated in Knoxville, Tennessee. It awarded 35 bachelors’s soil sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UT Knoxville, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Soil Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend The University of Tennessee - Knoxville is $24,901 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Soil Sciences students whose families make $75-$110k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The student loan default rate at the school is 4.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Soil Sciences at UT Knoxville

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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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