Soil Science
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Early Career Income
$68,085
Lifetime Income
$3.51M
Unemployment rate
1.1%
Female share
29.7%
Occupation concentration
36.6%
in top 10 occupations
Remote work share
15.8%
% who double-major
69.7%
BA Graduates from 2024
201
-1.0% vs 2023
How Soil Science compares
Ranked against every other major nationally.
44th
percentile
Lifetime income
Higher than 44% of majors
98th
percentile
Unemployment
Lower unemployment than 98% of majors
22nd
percentile
Occupation concentration
More concentrated than 22% of majors
Top occupations
- Agricultural and Food Scientists
- Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers
- First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers
See the Occupations and Industries tabs for full breakdowns, Double Majors for the most common second fields of degree, and Earnings for the trajectory by age, and Trends for degree production over time.
Degree titles included in this major
These detailed majors are included in the statistics for Soil Science.
- Soil Science and Agronomy, General
- Soil Chemistry and Physics
- Soil Microbiology
- Soil Sciences, Other
Based on federal labor and demographic data. Data source & methodology