2026 Best Value Soil Sciences Schools in Michigan
[Soil Sciences](/majors/agriculture-ag-operations/soil-sciences/) degree programs vary widely in price and payoff across the country. A high-value program keeps cost low while graduates go on to earn well.
For its 2026 best-value ranking, College Factual looked at 1 schools to find the best return on investment for soil sciences students.
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2026 Best Value Soil Sciences Schools in Michigan
If you want to know which schools deliver the best value for the soil sciences degrees they offer, see the list below.
Best Value Soil Sciences Schools
For return on investment in soil sciences, no school beat Michigan State University this year. Located in the city of East Lansing, Michigan State University is a very large public university. Students from in state pay about $18,079 in tuition and fees, with out-of-state students paying around $44,850. Typical student debt for soil sciences graduates is $21,859. Soon after graduation, soil sciences degree recipients from Michigan State University generally make around $50,770. That is a strong return on a $21,859 median debt. Roughly 85% of applicants are accepted.
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Notes and References
The ranking above is published by College Factual (MF_RANKING_2025), 2026 edition. Schools are scored on the balance of cost (tuition and student debt) against student outcomes (post-graduation earnings) — a measure of return on investment, drawn primarily from the U.S. Department of Education (IPEDS and College Scorecard).
Ranking method: College Major Best Value · 1 school evaluated.
*Averages shown above reflect the top 1 ranked 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 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).
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