2023 Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Other Geological & Earth Sciences/Geosciences in the Great Lakes Region

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

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 30 other geological and earth sciences/geosciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 7 other geological and earth sciences/geosciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,892 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Other Geological & Earth Sciences/Geosciences Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Master’s” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in other geological and earth sciences/geosciences. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have one of the most popular other geological and earth sciences/geosciences programs in the United States.

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Most Well Attended Other Geological & Earth Sciences/Geosciences Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Master’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region master’s degree other geological & earth sciences/geosciences students.

Top 2 Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Other Geological & Earth Sciences/Geosciences in the Great Lakes Region

1

Illinois State University
Normal, Illinois

Top 20% overall quality in Great Lakes

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Other Geological & Earth Sciences/Geosciences Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Illinois State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Illinois State is a large school located in Normal, Illinois that handed out 4 masters’s other geological and earth sciences/geosciences degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Other Geological & Earth Sciences/Geosciences at Illinois State

2

Western Michigan University
Kalamazoo, Michigan

Top 25% overall quality in Great Lakes

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Other Geological & Earth Sciences/Geosciences Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Western Michigan University landed the #2 spot on the list. Western Michigan University is a public institution located in Kalamazoo, Michigan. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 3 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Full WMU Other Geological & Earth Sciences/Geosciences Report

• Most Popular Master’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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