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Soil Sciences at Brigham Young University - Provo

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Soil Sciences at Brigham Young University - Provo

Every soil sciences school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the soil sciences program at Brigham Young University - Provo stacks up to those at other schools.

BYU is located in Provo, Utah and approximately 36,461 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 23 students received a bachelor's degree in soil sciences from BYU.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Soil Sciences section at the bottom of this page.

BYU Soil Sciences Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Soil Sciences

BYU Soil Sciences Rankings

The soil sciences major at BYU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Soil Sciences. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Soil Sciences Student Demographics at BYU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the soil sciences majors at Brigham Young University - Provo.

BYU Soil Sciences Bachelor’s Program

74% Women
30% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
Of the 23 soil sciences students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from BYU, about 26% were men and 74% were women.

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About 70% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in soil sciences at BYU are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 17% more racial-ethnic minorities in its soil sciences bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Brigham Young University - Provo with a bachelor's in soil sciences.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 2
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 4
White 16
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

BYU also has a doctoral program available in soil sciences. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Careers That Soil Sciences Grads May Go Into

A degree in soil sciences can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for UT, the home state for Brigham Young University - Provo.

Occupation Jobs in UT Average Salary in UT
Microbiologists 130 $62,750
Soil and Plant Scientists 50 $59,590

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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