2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Wisconsin for Soil Sciences for a Doctorate
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With all of the options veterans have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in Wisconsin for Soil Sciences for a Doctorate” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Soil Sciences is the 292nd most popular major in the country with 406 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, soil sciences graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $43,848 and had an average of $20,406 in loans still to pay off.
Across Wisconsin, there were 29 soil sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $45,118 and $22,100 respectively.
The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great soil sciences programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the soil sciences program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Most Veteran Friendly in Wisconsin for Soil Sciences for a Doctorate
The colleges and universities below are the best for wisconsin doctor’s degree vets studying soil sciences.
Top 1 Best Soil Sciences Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Wisconsin
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Wisconsin for Soil Sciences for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Wisconsin - Madison landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Wisconsin - Madison is a large school located in Madison, Wisconsin that handed out 2 doctorate’s soil sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
UW - Madison did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Soil Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in Wisconsin” list.Of the 44,640 students enrolled at University of Wisconsin - Madison, 4 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 0 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $0. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
With a freshman retention rate of 95%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at University of Wisconsin - Madison]](/colleges/university-of-wisconsin-madison/student-life/veterans/)
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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).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- 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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- 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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