2023 Best Geophysics & Seismology Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Great Lakes Region
1
Ranked Colleges
8
Degrees Awarded
$39,700
Avg Cost*
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Geophysics for a Bachelor’s” ranking - to help you make that decision.
In 2020-2021, 243 people earned their degree in geophysics and seismology, making the major the 757th most popular in the United States.
Across the Great Lakes region, there were 24 geophysics and seismology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 8 geophysics and seismology graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,343 and $26,790 respectively.
This ranking identifies schools with high-quality geophysics and seismology programs as well as strong veteran support.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the geophysics and seismology program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
More Ways to Rank Geophysics & Seismology Schools
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Geophysics for a Bachelor’s” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
In addition to College Factual’s rankings, you may want to take a look at College Combat, our unique tool that lets you pit your favorite schools head-to-head and compare how they rate on factors that most interest you. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.
Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Geophysics for a Bachelor’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region bachelor’s degree vets studying geophysics.
Top 1 Best Geophysics & Seismology Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Great Lakes Region
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Chicago. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Geophysics for a Bachelor’s. Chicago, Illinois is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s geophysics degrees to 6 students in 2020-2021.
UChicago did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Geophysics & Seismology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list.Among the 17,834 students enrolled at University of Chicago, 241 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 113 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $18,948. To help with additional expenses, 58 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. With a freshman retention rate of 100%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read More…
Focus on a Specific Degree Level
Switch to a More General Major
Switch to a Similar Major
Switch to a Different Ranking Method
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).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- 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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- 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.
Credits
- Credit for the banner image above goes to Kelvinsong.
college factual
