by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Geology Major in Alaska” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
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 Alaska, there were 37 geological and earth sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 14 geological and earth sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $66,425 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Geology Major in Alaska” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in geological and earth sciences. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in geological and earth sciences.
See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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 Master’s Highly Focused on Geology Major in Alaska”.
In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat. If you’re torn between two schools, you can use it to help you see how they stack up against one another. Bookmark it so you can compare any new schools that might interest you.
The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Geology Major in Alaska”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Alaska Fairbanks. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Geology Major in Alaska list. University of Alaska Fairbanks is a medium-sized school located in Fairbanks, Alaska that handed out 11 masters’s geology degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Geology Major in Alaska that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Alaska Anchorage landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Anchorage, Alaska, this fairly large public school awarded 3 degrees to qualified masters’s geology students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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