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2023 Best Value Soil Sciences Schools

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

19 Colleges
$28,335 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$43,848 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Soil Sciences School for You

Soil Sciences is the #243 most popular major in the country with 158 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Soil Sciences Schools to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 19 schools in the United States to see which ones offered the best value programs for soil sciences students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Soil Sciences Schools in the United States

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for soil sciences majors pursuing a .

Top 10 Best Soil Sciences Schools

Our 2023 rankings named North Dakota State University - Main Campus the best value school in the United States for soil sciences students. North Dakota State University is a fairly large public school located in the city of Fargo.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at North Dakota State University are $14,876 a year.

North Dakota State University also claimed a spot on our Best Soil Sciences Schools list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools in this category.

Full Soil Sciences at North Dakota State University - Main Campus Report

$4,840 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at University of Puerto Rico - Mayaguez helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best soil sciences schools in the United States. Located in the small city of Mayaguez, UPR Mayaguez is a public school with a large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UPR Mayaguez are $4,840 per year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wisconsin - Madison. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Soil Sciences Schools list. Located in the city of Madison, UW - Madison is a public school with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UW - Madison are $38,608 per year.

UW - Madison excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Soil Sciences Schools list.

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Out of the 19 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Iowa State University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the small city of Ames, Iowa State is a public school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Iowa State are $25,446 a year.

Iowa State also claimed a spot on our Best Soil Sciences Schools list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools in this category.

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#5

University of Wyoming

Laramie, WY
$16,957 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wyoming. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Soil Sciences Schools list. UW is a large public school located in the remote town of Laramie.

UW undergraduate students pay an average of $16,957 in tuition and fees each year.

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#6

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, IN

With a ranking of #6, Purdue University - Main Campus did quite well on this year’s best value schools for soil sciences students. Located in the city of West Lafayette, Purdue is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Purdue undergraduate students pay an average of $28,794 in tuition and fees each year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Purdue also is in the top 10% of our Best Soil Sciences Schools ranking.

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$24,764 Average Tuition & Fees

Oklahoma State University - Main Campus did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for soil sciences students. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in the distant town of Stillwater, OSU is a public college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at OSU are $24,764 a year.

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Texas A&M University - College Station ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Soil Sciences Schools list. Texas A&M College Station is a very large public school located in the midsize city of College Station.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Texas A&M College Station are $38,855 per year.

Texas A&M College Station also claimed a spot on our Best Soil Sciences Schools list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools in this category.

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Washington State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for soil sciences students. It came in at #9 on the list. Located in the distant town of Pullman, Wazzu is a public school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Wazzu are $27,733 a year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, Wazzu also did well on our Best Soil Sciences Schools list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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$31,664 Average Tuition & Fees

The University of Tennessee - Knoxville ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value Soil Sciences Schools list. Located in the city of Knoxville, UT Knoxville is a public college with a fairly large student population.

UT Knoxville undergraduate students pay an average of $31,664 in tuition and fees each year.

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Soil Sciences by Region

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Region
Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Great Lakes

One of 14 majors within the area of study, soil sciences has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Plant Sciences 912
Food Science Technology 692
Animal Science 596
Agricultural Economics & Business 410
General Agriculture 353

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 19 schools only.

  • 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 the rest 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Bdx.

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