2023 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Other Geological & Earth Sciences/Geosciences in the Plains States Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Geological & Earth Sciences/Geosciences Major in the Plains States Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Other Geological & Earth Sciences/Geosciences is the 502nd most popular major in the country with 767 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the Plains States region, there were 60 other geological and earth sciences/geosciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 16 other geological and earth sciences/geosciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,046 and $29,021 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Geological & Earth Sciences/Geosciences Major in the Plains States Region” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in other geological and earth sciences/geosciences. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their other geological and earth sciences/geosciences program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Geological & Earth Sciences/Geosciences Major in the Plains States Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region bachelor’s degree other geological & earth sciences/geosciences students.

Top 2 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Other Geological & Earth Sciences/Geosciences in the Plains States Region

1

Missouri University of Science and Technology
Rolla, Missouri

#13 overall quality in Plains States

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Missouri University of Science and Technology. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Geological & Earth Sciences/Geosciences Major in the Plains States Region. Missouri University of Science and Technology is a medium-sized school located in Rolla, Missouri that handed out 10 bachelors’s other geological and earth sciences/geosciences degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.

Read more about Other Geological & Earth Sciences/Geosciences at Missouri University of Science and Technology

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Minnesota State University - Moorhead
Moorhead, Minnesota

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Minnesota State University - Moorhead. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Geological & Earth Sciences/Geosciences Major in the Plains States Region. Minnesota State University - Moorhead is a medium-sized public school situated in Moorhead, Minnesota. It awarded 6 bachelors’s other geological and earth sciences/geosciences degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Minnesota State University - Moorhead Other Geological & Earth Sciences/Geosciences Report

• Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Other Geological & Earth Sciences/Geosciences

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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