2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Geochemistry Major in California

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Geochemistry Major in California” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Geochemistry is the 1106th most popular major in the country with 49 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across California, there were 14 geochemistry graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 1 geochemistry graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,566 and $21,995 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Geochemistry Major in California” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in geochemistry. That schools that top this list have a program in geochemistry in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

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Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Geochemistry Major in California

The colleges and universities below are the best for california bachelor’s degree geochemistry students.

Top 2 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Geochemistry in California

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California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, California

#5 overall quality in California

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Geochemistry Major in California that were part of this year’s ranking, California Institute of Technology landed the #1 spot on the list. Caltech is a small school located in Pasadena, California that handed out 1 bachelors’s geochemistry degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 3 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

Full Caltech Geochemistry Report

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University of California - San Diego
La Jolla, California

#9 overall quality in California

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - San Diego. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Geochemistry Major in California list. La Jolla, California is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s geochemistry degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

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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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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