by our College Data Analytics Team
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 “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Geology Major in Arkansas” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Geological & Earth Sciences is the 95th most popular major in the country with 7,821 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. 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 Arkansas, there were 45 geological and earth sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $28,000 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 32 geological and earth sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,130 and $24,615 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Geology Major in Arkansas” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in geological and earth sciences. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in geological and earth sciences.
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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Geology Major in Arkansas” list to help you make the college decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Geology Major in Arkansas”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Arkansas at Little Rock. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Geology Major in Arkansas. University of Arkansas at Little Rock is a medium-sized school located in Little Rock, Arkansas that handed out 10 bachelors’s geology degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Geology Major in Arkansas that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Arkansas landed the #2 spot on the list. University of Arkansas is a large public school situated in Fayetteville, Arkansas. It awarded 15 bachelors’s geology degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.1% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Arkansas - Fort Smith. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Geology Major in Arkansas. UAFS is a public institution located in Fort Smith, Arkansas. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Geology Major in Arkansas that were part of this year’s ranking, Arkansas Tech University landed the #4 spot on the list. Arkansas Tech University is a medium-sized public school situated in Russellville, Arkansas. It awarded 5 bachelors’s geology degrees in 2020-2021.
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