2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Geology & Earth Sciences

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Geology Schools for an Associate” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Geology & Earth Sciences is the 101st most popular major in the country with 7,036 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

At the associate degree level specifically, there were 125 geology and earth sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,082 and $17,678 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent geology and earth sciences programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the geology and earth sciences program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Geology Schools for an Associate” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Geology Schools for an Associate

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Geology Schools for an Associate.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Geology & Earth Sciences

#1

Middlesex County College

Edison, New Jersey

#1 in overall quality

$6,649 Average Net Price

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Geology Schools for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Middlesex County College landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Edison, New Jersey, this fairly large public school awarded 4 diplomas to qualified associates’s geology students in 2019-2020.

Middlesex County College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Geology & Earth Sciences Associate Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend Middlesex County College is $6,649 for Associate Degree Geology students.

Full Middlesex County College Geology & Earth Sciences Report

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

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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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