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2022 Best Value Geoscience Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k

4 Ranked Colleges
45 Degrees Awarded
$11,100 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Geoscience Engineering Schools for a Bachelor's in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Geoscience Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Geoscience Engineering is the 285th most popular major in the country with 418 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, geoscience engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $62,700 and had an average of $24,579 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Plains States region, there were 197 geoscience engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $70,000 and $24,668 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 45 geoscience engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,786 and $25,576 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Geoscience Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in geoscience engineering. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality geoscience engineering programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the geoscience engineering program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Geoscience Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Geoscience Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Geoscience Engineering (Income $0-$30k) in the Plains States Region

#1

University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

Minneapolis, Minnesota
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Geoscience Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and it awarded 7 bachelors’s geoscience engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

UMN Twin Cities not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Geoscience Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for University of Minnesota - Twin Cities is $7,266 for plains states region bachelor’s degree geoscience engineering students whose families make $0-$30k.

With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The low student loan default rate of 2.2% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read full report on Geoscience Engineering at University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Missouri University of Science and Technology. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Geoscience Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Rolla, Missouri is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s geoscience engineering degrees to 16 students in 2019-2020.

Missouri University of Science and Technology also took the #2 spot in our “Best Geoscience Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Missouri University of Science and Technology is $10,755 for plains states region bachelor’s degree geoscience engineering students whose families make $0-$30k.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Missouri University of Science and Technology Geoscience Engineering Report

#3

University of North Dakota

Grand Forks, North Dakota
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Geoscience Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Dakota landed the #3 spot on the list. University of North Dakota is located in Grand Forks, North Dakota and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 7 bachelors’s geoscience engineering degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our plains states region bachelor’s degree geoscience engineering students whose families make $0-$30k list, UND has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Geoscience Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of North Dakota is $11,092 for plains states region bachelor’s degree geoscience engineering students whose families make $0-$30k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Geoscience Engineering at UND

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend South Dakota School of Mines and Technology. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Geoscience Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k. This small school is located in Rapid City, South Dakota, and it awarded 15 bachelors’s geoscience engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

SD Mines not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Geoscience Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The yearly cost to attend South Dakota School of Mines and Technology is $15,464 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Geoscience Engineering students whose families make $0-$30k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Geoscience Engineering at SD Mines

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Notes and References

References

  • 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).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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