2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Geological & Earth Sciences

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Geology Schools for an Associate” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 8,918 people earned their degree in geological and earth sciences, making the major the 84th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, geological and earth sciences graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $35,533 and had an average of $23,531 in loans still to pay off.

At the associate degree level specifically, there were 138 geological and earth sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,082 and $17,678 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality geological and earth sciences programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the geological and earth sciences program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Geology Schools for an Associate” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Geology Schools for an Associate

The colleges and universities below are the best for associate degree geology students.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Geological & 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. This fairly large school is located in Edison, New Jersey, and it awarded 4 associates’s geology degrees in 2019-2020.

Middlesex County College also took the #1 spot in our “Best Geological & Earth Sciences Associate Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $6,649 for Associate Degree Geology students per year to attend Middlesex County College.

Read more about Geological & Earth Sciences at Middlesex County College

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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