2021 Best Geological & Earth Sciences Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the New England Region
2Colleges
408Bachelor's Degrees
$29,536Avg Cost*
Finding the Best Geological & Earth Sciences Schools for Non-Traditional Students
For this year's Best Geological & Earth Sciences Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the New England Region ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a bachelor's in geology. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality geological & earth sciences programs as well as strong support for students classified as non-traditional.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as affordability, and overall quality of the geological & earth sciences program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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2021 Best Geological & Earth Sciences Schools for Non-Traditional Students in the New England Region
Check out the geology programs at these schools if you want to see which ones are the best for non-traditional students.
Best Geological & Earth Sciences Schools for Non-Traditional Students
Eastern Connecticut State University has taken the #1 spot in this year's geological & earth sciences ranking for non-traditional students. ECSU is a small public school located in the fringe town of Willimantic. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, ECSU has also earned the #1 rank in our Best Colleges for Geological & Earth Sciences in the New England Region ranking.
About 2.4% of ECSU students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 282 students take at least one class online at ECSU. 769 of ECSU students are attending part time.
Our rankings recognize Bridgewater State University as the #2 school in this year's rankings. Located in the suburb of Bridgewater, Bridgewater State is a public school with a moderately-sized student population. Bridgewater State also made our Best Colleges for Geological & Earth Sciences in the New England Region list, coming in at #2.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.7%. There are approximately 3,579 students at Bridgewater State that take at least one class online. 2,921 students are part time.
Non-Traditional Student Rankings in Majors Related to Geology
Geological & Earth Sciences is one of 8 different types of Physical Sciences programs to choose from.
Notes and References
Footnotes
*Avg Cost is for the top 2 schools only.
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 the rest 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).
