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2022 Best Value Soil Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid

4 Ranked Colleges
53 Degrees Awarded
$14,700 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Soil Sciences Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Soil Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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.

For this year’s “Best Value Soil Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in soil sciences. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great soil sciences programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the soil sciences program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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The soil sciences school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Soil Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid”.

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Best Value Soil Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Soil Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Soil Sciences in the Southeast Region (With Aid)

#1

University of Florida

Gainesville, Florida
#2 in overall quality

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 Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid. UF is a large school located in Gainesville, Florida that handed out 1 bachelors’s soil sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

UF did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Soil Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $6,302 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Soil Sciences students with aid per year to attend UF.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%. The low student loan default rate of 2.0% 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 UF

#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 Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Georgia landed the #2 spot on the list. University of Georgia is located in Athens, Georgia and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 5 bachelors’s soil sciences degrees to qualified students.

UGA did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Soil Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend University of Georgia is $13,649 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Soil Sciences students with aid.

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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full University of Georgia Soil Sciences Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Tennessee - Knoxville. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Soil Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid list. UT Knoxville is a large school located in Knoxville, Tennessee that handed out 35 bachelors’s soil sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

UT Knoxville also made our “Best Soil Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #4. The yearly cost to attend The University of Tennessee - Knoxville is $18,825 for southeast region bachelor’s degree soil sciences students with aid.

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

Full The University of Tennessee - Knoxville Soil Sciences Report

#4

Clemson University

Clemson, South Carolina
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Clemson University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Soil Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid. 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 yearly cost to attend Clemson is $20,008 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Soil Sciences students with aid.

The low student loan default rate of 3.1% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full Clemson University Soil Sciences Report

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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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