2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Geoscience Engineering Major
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With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Geoscience Engineering Major” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
In 2021-2022, 337 people earned their degree in geoscience engineering, making the major the 304th most popular in the United States. In , geoscience engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in , earned an average of $68,772 and had an average of $22,237 in loans still to pay off.
At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 192 geoscience engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,724 and $23,030 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Geoscience Engineering Major” ranking, we looked at 19 colleges that offer a degree in geoscience engineering. That schools that top this list have a program in geoscience engineering in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Geoscience Engineering Major
The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Geoscience Engineering Major”.
Top 19 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Geoscience Engineering
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Montana Technological University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Geoscience Engineering Major list. Montana Technological University is a public institution located in Butte, Montana. The school has a small population, and it awarded 8 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.8% 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%.
Full Montana Technological University Geoscience Engineering Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Colorado School of Mines. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Geoscience Engineering Major. Golden, Colorado is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s geoscience engineering degrees to 72 students in 2021-2022.
With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Colorado School of Mines Geoscience Engineering Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend South Dakota School of Mines and Technology. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Geoscience Engineering Major list. South Dakota School of Mines and Technology is located in Rapid City, South Dakota and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 6 bachelors’s geoscience engineering degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full South Dakota School of Mines and Technology Geoscience Engineering Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Missouri University of Science and Technology. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Geoscience Engineering Major list. Missouri University of Science and Technology is a medium-sized school located in Rolla, Missouri that handed out 14 bachelors’s geoscience engineering degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.
Read more about Geoscience Engineering at Missouri University of Science and Technology
Out of the 19 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Geoscience Engineering Major that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Nevada - Reno landed the #5 spot on the list. Reno, Nevada is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s geoscience engineering degrees to 9 students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.8% 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%.
Full UNR Geoscience Engineering Report
University of Alaska Fairbanks came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Geoscience Engineering Major ranking. UAF is located in Fairbanks, Alaska and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 6 bachelors’s geoscience engineering degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.7% 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%.
Read more about Geoscience Engineering at University of Alaska Fairbanks
University of Mississippi landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Geoscience Engineering Major ranking. Located in University, Mississippi, this large public school handed out 37 degrees to qualified bachelors’s geoscience engineering students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 88%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read more about Geoscience Engineering at Ole Miss
Michigan Technological University ranked #8 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Geoscience Engineering Major list. Houghton, Michigan is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s geoscience engineering degrees to 6 students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.9% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.
Read full report on Geoscience Engineering at Michigan Tech
University of Wisconsin - Madison ranked #9 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Geoscience Engineering Major list. Located in Madison, Wisconsin, this large public school awarded 13 degrees to qualified bachelors’s geoscience engineering students in 2021-2022.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 95%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Geoscience Engineering at UW - Madison
University of Rochester ranked #10 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Geoscience Engineering Major list. This fairly large school is located in Rochester, New York, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s geoscience engineering degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%.
Read more about Geoscience Engineering at University of Rochester
University of Utah came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Geoscience Engineering Major ranking. U of U is a public institution located in Salt Lake City, Utah. The school has a large population, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%.
Read full report on Geoscience Engineering at University of Utah
With a ranking of #12, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Geoscience Engineering Major list. University of Minnesota - Twin Cities is a large school located in Minneapolis, Minnesota that handed out 2 bachelors’s geoscience engineering degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read more about Geoscience Engineering at UMN Twin Cities
University of North Dakota came in at #13 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Geoscience Engineering Major ranking. This fairly large school is located in Grand Forks, North Dakota, and it awarded 5 bachelors’s geoscience engineering degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full UND Geoscience Engineering Report
With a ranking of #14, Rutgers University - Newark did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Geoscience Engineering Major list. Located in Newark, New Jersey, this fairly large public school awarded 1 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s geoscience engineering students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.1% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.
Read more about Geoscience Engineering at Rutgers University - Newark
University of California - Los Angeles came in at #15 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Geoscience Engineering Major ranking. This large school is located in Los Angeles, California, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s geoscience engineering degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.7% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read more about Geoscience Engineering at UCLA
The University of Texas at Austin landed the #16 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Geoscience Engineering Major ranking. The University of Texas at Austin is located in Austin, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 6 bachelors’s geoscience engineering degrees to qualified students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 96%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.8% 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%.
Full UT Austin Geoscience Engineering Report
New Mexico State University - Main Campus ranked #17 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Geoscience Engineering Major list. New Mexico State University - Main Campus is a fairly large school located in Las Cruces, New Mexico that handed out 0 bachelors’s geoscience engineering degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.9% 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%.
Read more about Geoscience Engineering at New Mexico State University - Main Campus
With a ranking of #17, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Geoscience Engineering Major list. U-M is located in Ann Arbor, Michigan and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 0 bachelors’s geoscience engineering degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read full report on Geoscience Engineering at U-M
University of Oklahoma Norman Campus ranked #17 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Geoscience Engineering Major list. University of Oklahoma is located in Norman, Oklahoma and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 0 bachelors’s geoscience engineering degrees to qualified students.
With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full University of Oklahoma Norman Campus Geoscience Engineering Report
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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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.
