2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Geoscience Engineering in the Plains States Region (With Aid)

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 Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid” 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 doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 6 geoscience engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,701 and $106,703 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Geoscience Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in geoscience engineering. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent geoscience engineering programs, but they also cost less that 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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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Geoscience Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Geoscience Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Geoscience Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Geoscience Engineering in the Plains States Region (With Aid)

#1

Missouri University of Science and Technology

Rolla, Missouri

#1 in overall quality

$30,943 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Missouri University of Science and Technology. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Geoscience Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid list. This medium-sized school is located in Rolla, Missouri, and it awarded 4 doctorate’s geoscience engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Missouri University of Science and Technology did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Geoscience Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Missouri University of Science and Technology are $30,943, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Missouri University of Science and Technology Geoscience Engineering Report

#2

South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

Rapid City, South Dakota

#2 in overall quality

$19,250 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Geoscience Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology landed the #2 spot on the list. South Dakota School of Mines and Technology is a small school located in Rapid City, South Dakota that handed out 2 doctorate’s geoscience engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

SD Mines did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Geoscience Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at South Dakota School of Mines and Technology are $19,250, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Geoscience Engineering at SD Mines

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Geoscience Engineering (With Aid)

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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