Best Value Colleges for Soil Sciences
Schools ranked by payback period — how quickly you recoup your investment through higher earnings.
7
Schools Ranked
$43,329
Avg. Earnings
1 yrs
Best Payback
175
Graduates
How we calculate value: Payback = (4 years of net price) / (major earnings - $35k baseline). A 2-year payback means you recoup your investment in 2 years through higher earnings vs. not attending college.
| # | School | Major Earnings | Payback |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brigham Young University-Idaho Rexburg, ID · Private | $57,318 | 1 yrs |
| 2 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point Stevens Point, WI · Public | $47,260 | 4.4 yrs |
| 3 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale Carbondale, IL · Public | $44,356 | 6.2 yrs |
| 4 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins Fort Collins, CO · Public | $42,682 | 7.9 yrs |
| 5 | Michigan State University East Lansing, MI · Public | $41,193 | 13.3 yrs |
| 6 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville Knoxville, TN · Public | $37,928 | 30.7 yrs |
| 7 | Texas A&M University-College Station College Station, TX · Public | $32,569 | N/A |
Payback uses earnings by major from the College Scorecard's field-of-study file, last updated June 2026, against net price from the June 2026 release. Scorecard publishes the two separately, so they are different vintages.