Find Schools

Study Area & Zipcode

Geoscience Engineering

Find Schools Near

2022 Best Value Geoscience Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in California For Those Making $75-$110k

1 Ranked Colleges
2 Degrees Awarded
$19,600 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Geoscience Engineering Schools for a Bachelor's in California For Those Making $75-$110k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Geoscience Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in California For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 California, there were 2 geoscience engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 2 geoscience engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,907 and $21,546 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality geoscience engineering programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the geoscience engineering program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

More Ways to Rank Geoscience Engineering Schools

The geoscience engineering school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Geoscience Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in California For Those Making $75-$110k”.

In addition to College Factual’s rankings, you may want to take a look at College Combat, our unique tool that lets you pit your favorite schools head-to-head and compare how they rate on factors that most interest you. If you’re torn between two schools, you can use it to help you see how they stack up against one another. Bookmark it so you can compare any new schools that might interest you.

Best Value Geoscience Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in California For Those Making $75-$110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for california bachelor’s degree geoscience engineering students whose families make $75-$110k.

Top 1 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Geoscience Engineering (Income $75-$110k) in California

#1

University of California - Los Angeles

Los Angeles, California
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Geoscience Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in California For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - Los Angeles landed the #1 spot on the list. Los Angeles, California is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s geoscience engineering degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

UCLA also made our “Best Geoscience Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California” list, coming in at #1. The yearly cost to attend University of California - Los Angeles is $19,590 for California Bachelor’s Degree Geoscience Engineering students whose families make $75-$110k.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 96%. The student loan default rate at the school is 1.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full UCLA Geoscience Engineering Report

Switch to a Similar Major

Switch to a Different Ranking Method

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.

Featured Engineering Schools

Find Schools Near You