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2023 Best Value Soil Sciences Schools in the Southwest Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$31,810 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$35,050 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.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right 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.

The Best Value Soil Sciences Schools in the Southwest Region ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in the Southwest Region to see which programs offered the best value experiences for soil sciences students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Soil Sciences Schools in the Southwest Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Soil Sciences Colleges.

Best Southwest Region Schools for Affordable Quality in Soil Sciences

Our analysis found Oklahoma State University - Main Campus to be the best value school for soil sciences students who want to pursue a degree in the Southwest Region . Located in the distant town of Stillwater, OSU is a public school 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.

OSU excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Soil Sciences Schools in the Southwest Region list.

Full Soil Sciences at Oklahoma State University - Main Campus Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas A&M University - College Station. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Soil Sciences Schools in the Southwest Region list. Texas A&M College Station is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of College Station.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Texas A&M College Station are $38,855 a year.

Texas A&M College Station also made our Best Soil Sciences Schools in the Southwest Region list, coming in at #5.

Read full report on Soil Sciences at Texas A&M University - College Station

Best Soil Sciences Colleges by State

Explore the best soil sciences colleges for a specific state in the Southwest region.

State Degrees Awarded
Texas 6
Oklahoma 14

More Soil Sciences Rankings in the Southwest Region

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 2 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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