2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Soil Sciences in the Plains States Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Soil Sciences Major in the Plains States Region” ranking.

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 the Plains States region, there were 44 soil sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 12 soil sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,858 and $37,352 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Soil Sciences Major in the Plains States Region” ranking looked at 3 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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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Soil Sciences Major in the Plains States Region

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

Top 3 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Soil Sciences in the Plains States Region

1

North Dakota State University - Main Campus
Fargo, North Dakota

Top 20% overall quality in Plains States

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend North Dakota State University - Main Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Soil Sciences Major in the Plains States Region list. North Dakota State University is a fairly large school located in Fargo, North Dakota that handed out 1 masters’s soil sciences degrees in 2021-2022.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.1% 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 North Dakota State University

2

Iowa State University
Ames, Iowa

#6 overall quality in Plains States

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Iowa State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Soil Sciences Major in the Plains States Region list. Iowa State University is a large public school situated in Ames, Iowa. It awarded 4 masters’s soil sciences 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 88%.

Read full report on Soil Sciences at Iowa State University

3

University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
Minneapolis, Minnesota

#4 overall quality in Plains States

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Soil Sciences Major in the Plains States Region. Located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, this large public school awarded 7 diplomas to qualified masters’s soil sciences students in 2021-2022.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Soil Sciences at University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

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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