by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Geology Major in Alaska” ranking - to help you make that decision.
In 2020-2021, 7,821 people earned their degree in geological and earth sciences, making the major the 95th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, geological and earth sciences graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $38,705 and had an average of $23,383 in loans still to pay off.
Across Alaska, there were 37 geological and earth sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 16 geological and earth sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $45,855 and $24,086 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Geology Major in Alaska” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in geological and earth sciences. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their geological and earth sciences program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
The geology 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 “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Geology Major in Alaska”.
We’ve created a tool called College Combat that lets you create your own customized comparisons based on the factors that matter the most to you. We encourage you to try it out and pit your favorite colleges and universities head to head! If you don’t have time right now, you can bookmark it for later.
The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Geology Major in Alaska”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Alaska Pacific University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Geology Major in Alaska list. Alaska Pacific is a small school located in Anchorage, Alaska that handed out 1 bachelors’s geology degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Geology Major in Alaska that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Alaska Fairbanks landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Fairbanks, Alaska, this medium-sized public school awarded 8 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s geology students in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Alaska Anchorage. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Geology Major in Alaska. UAA is a fairly large public school situated in Anchorage, Alaska. It awarded 7 bachelors’s geology degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full University of Alaska Anchorage Geological & Earth Sciences Report
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