2022 Best Value Soil Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in North Carolina For Those Getting Aid

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Doctorate in North Carolina For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Soil Sciences is the 284th most popular major in the country with 417 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. 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 North Carolina, there were 12 soil sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 3 soil sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,103 and $114,434 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great soil sciences programs and cost less that 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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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Soil Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in North Carolina For Those Getting Aid” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Soil Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in North Carolina For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Soil Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in North Carolina For Those Getting Aid.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Soil Sciences in North Carolina (With Aid)

#1

North Carolina State University

Raleigh, North Carolina

#1 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 #1 on our 2022 Best Value Soil Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in North Carolina For Those Getting Aid list. North Carolina State University is a large school located in Raleigh, North Carolina that handed out 3 doctorate’s soil sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

NC State also made our “Best Soil Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina” list, coming in at #1. 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

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Soil Sciences in the Southeast Region (With Aid)
• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Soil Sciences (With Aid)

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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