by our College Data Analytics Team
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 “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Soil Sciences Major in Wisconsin” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Soil Sciences is the 292nd most popular major in the country with 409 degrees awarded in 2021-2022. In , soil sciences graduates who were awarded their degree in , earned an average of $43,848 and had an average of $20,196 in loans still to pay off.
Across Wisconsin, there were 27 soil sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $45,118 and $21,985 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 24 soil sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,360 and $23,434 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Soil Sciences Major in Wisconsin” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in soil sciences. That schools that top this list have a program in soil sciences in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Soil Sciences Major in Wisconsin” list to help you make the college decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Soil Sciences Major in Wisconsin”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Soil Sciences Major in Wisconsin list. UW - Stevens Point is a medium-sized school located in Stevens Point, Wisconsin that handed out 22 bachelors’s soil sciences degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Soil Sciences Major in Wisconsin that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Wisconsin - Madison landed the #2 spot on the list. Madison, Wisconsin is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s soil sciences degrees to 2 students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.2% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 95%.
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