2024 Best Geoscience Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

If you're seeking a Bachelor's Degree in geoscience engineering, you will have fewer peers than average since the major degree program is the #274 one in the country in terms of popularity.This may make is a little harder to find a school that is a good fit for you.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to determine which ones were the best for geoscience engineering students pursuing a bachelor's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 44 bachelor's degrees in geoscience engineering to qualified students.

Jump to one of the following sections: * Our Methodology

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Early-Career Earnings

One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of bachelor's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their bachelor's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on geoscience engineering students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other geoscience engineering students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How much debt geoscience engineering students go into to obtain their bachelor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized geoscience engineering related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for geoscience engineering students working on their bachelor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Geoscience Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.

In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat. Test it out when you get a chance! You may also want to bookmark the link and share it with others who are trying to make the college decision.

 

Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Geoscience Engineering in the Rocky Mountains Region

Explore the top ranked colleges and universities for geoscience engineering students seeking a a bachelor's degree.

Top Rocky Mountains Region Schools for a Bachelor's in Geoscience Engineering

1

Colorado School of Mines
Golden, CO

32 Annual Graduates

$60,937 Median Starting Salary

$27,000 Median Student Debt

It's hard to beat Colorado School of Mines if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in geoscience engineering. Located in the large suburb of Golden, Mines is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

Bachelor's graduates who receive their degree from the geoscience engineering program earn about $60,937 in their early career salary.

More information about a bachelor’s in geoscience engineering from Colorado School of Mines

2

Montana Technological University
Butte, MT

8 Annual Graduates

It's difficult to beat Montana Technological University if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in geoscience engineering. Located in the town of Butte, Montana Tech is a public university with a small student population.More information about a bachelor’s in geoscience engineering from Montana Technological University

Best Geoscience Engineering Colleges by State

Explore the best geoscience engineering schools for a specific state in the Rocky Mountains Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Utah	204	4
Colorado	190	32
Montana	134	8

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Geoscience Engineering Related Rankings by Major

Geoscience Engineering is one of 41 different types of Engineering programs to choose from.

Geoscience Engineering Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Geological & Geophysical Engineering	44

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Mechanical Engineering	2,007
Civil Engineering	790
Electrical Engineering	680
Chemical Engineering	628
Computer Engineering	315
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering	287
Biomedical Engineering	213
Environmental Engineering	129
Petroleum Engineering	125
Electrical and Computer Engineering.	109

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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). More about our data sources and methodologies.