Soil Sciences at University of Georgia

If you are interested in studying soil sciences, you may want to check out the program at University of Georgia. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

UGA is located in Athens, Georgia and has a total student population of 39,147. Of the 8,870 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Georgia in 2021, 9 of them were soil sciences majors.

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.

UGA Soil Sciences Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Soil Sciences

UGA Soil Sciences Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the soil sciences progam at UGA compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The soil sciences major at UGA 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Popular Soil Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools	11

Soil Sciences Student Demographics at UGA

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

UGA Soil Sciences Bachelor’s Program

Of the 9 soil sciences students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from UGA, about 44% were men and 56% were women.

About 78% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in soil sciences at UGA are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 9% 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 University of Georgia with a bachelor's in soil sciences.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	7
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• Agricultural Production
• Horticulture
• General Agriculture
• Agricultural Public Services
• Food Science Technology

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 GA, the home state for University of Georgia.

Occupation	Jobs in GA	Average Salary in GA
Microbiologists	760	$94,050
Agricultural Sciences Professors	320	$116,600
Soil and Plant Scientists	190	$65,820

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Pruddle under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.