2022 Best Value Paleontology Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States 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 “Best Value Paleontology Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Paleontology is the 1257th most popular major in the country with 10 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Plains States region, there were 3 paleontology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 2 paleontology graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,438 and $39,783 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality paleontology programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the paleontology program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

More Ways to Rank Paleontology Schools

The paleontology school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Paleontology Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region”.

You can create your own custom comparison that focuses on the factors most important to you using our tool, College Combat. Test it out when you get a chance! You may also want to bookmark the link and share it with others who are trying to make the college decision.

Best Value Paleontology Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Paleontology Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Paleontology in the Plains States Region

#1

South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

Rapid City, South Dakota

#1 in overall quality

$19,250 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Paleontology Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology landed the #1 spot on the list. South Dakota School of Mines and Technology is a small public school situated in Rapid City, South Dakota. It awarded 2 masters’s paleontology degrees in 2019-2020.

SD Mines did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Paleontology Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at South Dakota School of Mines and Technology are $19,250, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Paleontology at SD Mines

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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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