2022 Best Value Geology Schools for a Master’s in Mississippi

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 a Master’s in Mississippi” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Geological & Earth Sciences is the 84th most popular major in the country with 8,918 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. 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.

Across Mississippi, there were 180 geological and earth sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,200 and $25,115 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 91 geological and earth sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $48,447 and $43,355 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Geology Schools for a Master’s in Mississippi” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in geological and earth sciences. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality geological and earth sciences programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the geological and earth sciences program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Geology Schools for a Master’s in Mississippi

The colleges and universities below are the best for mississippi master’s degree geology students.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Geological & Earth Sciences in Mississippi

#1

Mississippi State University

Mississippi State, Mississippi

#1 in overall quality

$23,950 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$51,607 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mississippi State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Geology Schools for a Master’s in Mississippi list. Mississippi State is a large school located in Mississippi State, Mississippi that handed out 74 masters’s geology degrees in 2019-2020.

Mississippi State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Geological & Earth Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in Mississippi” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Mississippi State are $23,950, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Geological & Earth Sciences at Mississippi State University

#2

University of Southern Mississippi

Hattiesburg, Mississippi

#2 in overall quality

$10,896 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Geology Schools for a Master’s in Mississippi that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Southern Mississippi landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, this fairly large public school awarded 17 diplomas to qualified masters’s geology students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Southern Miss, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Geological & Earth Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in Mississippi” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Southern Miss are $10,896, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Geological & Earth Sciences at Southern Miss

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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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