2023 Best Value Colleges for Geoscience Engineering in the Far Western US Region (With Aid)

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Geoscience Engineering Schools in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Geoscience Engineering is the 304th most popular major in the country with 325 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, geoscience engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $68,772 and had an average of $25,238 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Far Western US region, there were 27 geoscience engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $50,888 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Geoscience Engineering Schools in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in geoscience engineering. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great geoscience engineering programs and cost less that 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 geoscience engineering program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Geoscience Engineering Schools in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Geoscience Engineering Schools in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Colleges for Geoscience Engineering in the Far Western US Region (With Aid)

1

University of Alaska Fairbanks
Fairbanks, Alaska

#2 in overall quality

$10,510 Average Net Price

$45,077 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Geoscience Engineering Schools in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Alaska Fairbanks landed the #1 spot on the list. UAF is located in Fairbanks, Alaska and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 5 ’s geoscience engineering degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UAF, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Geoscience Engineering Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of Alaska Fairbanks is $10,510 for Far Western US Region Geoscience Engineering students with aid.

Read full report on Geoscience Engineering at UAF

2

University of Nevada - Reno
Reno, Nevada

#1 in overall quality

$14,930 Average Net Price

$43,406 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Geoscience Engineering Schools in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Nevada - Reno landed the #2 spot on the list. Reno, Nevada is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s geoscience engineering degrees to 21 students in 2020-2021.

UNR also made our “Best Geoscience Engineering Schools in the Far Western US Region” list, coming in at #1. It costs about $14,930 for Far Western US Region Geoscience Engineering students with aid per year to attend UNR.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Geoscience Engineering at University of Nevada - Reno

• Best Value Colleges for Geoscience Engineering (With Aid)

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.