2023 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Soil Sciences in the Southwest 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 Southwest region, there were 42 soil sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,050 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 8 soil sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,912 and $102,180 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Soil Sciences Major in the Southwest Region” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered 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 Southwest Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region doctor’s degree soil sciences students.

Top 2 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Soil Sciences in the Southwest Region

1

Oklahoma State University - Main Campus
Stillwater, Oklahoma

Top 20% overall quality in Southwest

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Oklahoma State University - Main Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Soil Sciences Major in the Southwest Region list. Located in Stillwater, Oklahoma, this large public school awarded 4 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s soil sciences students in 2021-2022.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Soil Sciences at OSU

2

Texas A&M University - College Station
College Station, Texas

#7 overall quality in Southwest

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas A&M University - College Station. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Soil Sciences Major in the Southwest Region. Located in College Station, Texas, this large public school awarded 4 degrees to qualified doctorate’s soil sciences students in 2021-2022.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Texas A&M University - College Station 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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