2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Other Geological & Earth Sciences/Geosciences Major in the Far Western US Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Doctorate Highly Focused on Other Geological & Earth Sciences/Geosciences Major in the Far Western US 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 Far Western US region, there were 193 other geological and earth sciences/geosciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 20 other geological and earth sciences/geosciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,423 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Other Geological & Earth Sciences/Geosciences Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer 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.

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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Other Geological & Earth Sciences/Geosciences Major in the Far Western US Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Other Geological & Earth Sciences/Geosciences Major in the Far Western US Region”.

Top 2 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Other Geological & Earth Sciences/Geosciences in the Far Western US Region

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Stanford University
Stanford, California

#1 overall quality in Far Western US

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Stanford University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Other Geological & Earth Sciences/Geosciences Major in the Far Western US Region list. Stanford is a fairly large school located in Stanford, California that handed out 17 doctorate’s other geological and earth sciences/geosciences degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 4 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.5% 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%.

Full Stanford Other Geological & Earth Sciences/Geosciences Report

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University of Nevada - Las Vegas
Las Vegas, Nevada

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Other Geological & Earth Sciences/Geosciences Major in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Nevada - Las Vegas landed the #2 spot on the list. UNLV is a large school located in Las Vegas, Nevada that handed out 3 doctorate’s other geological and earth sciences/geosciences degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Other Geological & Earth Sciences/Geosciences at UNLV

• Most Focused Doctor’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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