2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Soil Sciences Major in Washington

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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 Washington, there were 5 soil sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 3 soil sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $65,094 and $46,975 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Soil Sciences Major in Washington” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in soil sciences. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their soil sciences program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Soil Sciences Major in Washington

The colleges and universities below are the best for washington master’s degree soil sciences students.

Top 2 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Soil Sciences in Washington

1

Washington State University
Pullman, Washington

#3 overall quality in Washington

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Soil Sciences Major in Washington that were part of this year’s ranking, Washington State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Wazzu is a public institution located in Pullman, Washington. The school has a large population, and it awarded 3 masters’s degrees in 2021-2022.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.4% 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 more about Soil Sciences at Wazzu

2

University of Washington - Seattle Campus
Seattle, Washington

#1 overall quality in Washington

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Soil Sciences Major in Washington that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Washington - Seattle Campus landed the #2 spot on the list. University of Washington - Seattle Campus is a public institution located in Seattle, Washington. The school has a large population, and it awarded 0 masters’s degrees in 2021-2022.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.7%, 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 93%.

Full University of Washington - Seattle Campus 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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