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2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Geophysics & Seismology (Income Over $110k) in the New England Region

1 Ranked Colleges
1 Degrees Awarded
$56,700 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Vallue Geophysics Schools for a Master's in the New England Region For Those Making Over $110k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Vallue Geophysics Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making Over $110k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 251 people earned their degree in geophysics and seismology, making the major the 674th most popular in the United States.

Across the New England region, there were 9 geophysics and seismology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 1 geophysics and seismology graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,606 and $42,101 respectively.

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

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the geophysics and seismology program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Vallue Geophysics Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making Over $110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region master’s degree geophysics students whose families make more than $110k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Geophysics & Seismology (Income Over $110k) in the New England Region

#1

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Cambridge, Massachusetts
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Massachusetts Institute of Technology. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Vallue Geophysics Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making Over $110k list. Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a fairly large school located in Cambridge, Massachusetts that handed out 1 masters’s geophysics degrees in 2019-2020.

MIT not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Geophysics & Seismology Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at MIT are $56,719, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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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

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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