2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Geochemistry in the Southwest Region
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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 “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Geochemistry Major in the Southwest Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Geochemistry is the 1106th most popular major in the country with 49 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Southwest region, there were 7 geochemistry graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 6 geochemistry graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,204 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Geochemistry Major in the Southwest Region” 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.
See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Geochemistry Major in the Southwest Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region master’s degree geochemistry students.
Top 2 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Geochemistry in the Southwest Region
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Tulsa. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Geochemistry Major in the Southwest Region. Located in Tulsa, Oklahoma, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 5 diplomas to qualified masters’s geochemistry students in 2020-2021.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.5% 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 more about Geochemistry at University of Tulsa
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Geochemistry Major in the Southwest Region list. This small school is located in Socorro, New Mexico, and it awarded 1 masters’s geochemistry degrees in 2020-2021.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
Read full report on Geochemistry at New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
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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
- *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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