2023 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Soil Sciences in the Southeast Region

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In 2021-2022, 409 people earned their degree in soil sciences, making the major the 292nd most popular in the United States. 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 the Southeast region, there were 119 soil sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $51,266 and $22,798 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 11 soil sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,674 and $121,130 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Soil Sciences Major in the Southeast Region” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree 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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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Soil Sciences Major in the Southeast Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Soil Sciences Major in the Southeast Region”.

Top 3 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Soil Sciences in the Southeast Region

1

University of Florida
Gainesville, Florida

#9 overall quality in Southeast

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Soil Sciences Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Florida landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Florida is a large school located in Gainesville, Florida that handed out 10 doctorate’s soil sciences degrees in 2021-2022.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.9%, 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.

Read full report on Soil Sciences at UF

2

North Carolina State University
Raleigh, North Carolina

#14 overall quality in Southeast

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend North Carolina State University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Soil Sciences Major in the Southeast Region. Raleigh, North Carolina is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s soil sciences degrees to 1 students in 2021-2022.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Soil Sciences at North Carolina State University

3

University of Kentucky
Lexington, Kentucky

Top 25% overall quality in Southeast

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Soil Sciences Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Kentucky landed the #3 spot on the list. Lexington, Kentucky is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s soil sciences degrees to 0 students in 2021-2022.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.

Full UK Soil Sciences Report

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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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