by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools Highly Focused on Environmental Geosciences Major” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2021-2022, 71 people earned their degree in environmental geosciences, making the major the 371st most popular in the United States.
For this year’s “Schools Highly Focused on Environmental Geosciences Major” ranking, we looked at 7 colleges that offer a degree in environmental geosciences. That schools that top this list have a program in environmental geosciences in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools Highly Focused on Environmental Geosciences Major”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The College of Wooster. The school came in at #1 for the Schools Highly Focused on Environmental Geosciences Major. This small school is located in Wooster, Ohio, and it awarded 5 ’s environmental geosciences degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Environmental Geosciences at Wooster College
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Trinity University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Environmental Geosciences Major list. San Antonio, Texas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out ’s environmental geosciences degrees to 3 students in 2021-2022.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of the Pacific. The school came in at #3 for the Schools Highly Focused on Environmental Geosciences Major. Located in Stockton, California, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 2 degrees to qualified ’s environmental geosciences students in 2021-2022.
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%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Missouri - Kansas City. The school came in at #4 for the Schools Highly Focused on Environmental Geosciences Major. UMKC is a fairly large public school situated in Kansas City, Missouri. It awarded 5 ’s environmental geosciences degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full University of Missouri - Kansas City Environmental Geosciences Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Case Western Reserve University. The school came in at #5 for the Schools Highly Focused on Environmental Geosciences Major. Case Western Reserve University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Cleveland, Ohio. It awarded 1 ’s environmental geosciences degrees 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%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%.
Read full report on Environmental Geosciences at Case Western
Dixie State University did quite well in the 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Environmental Geosciences Major ranking, coming in at #6. Dixie State College is located in Saint George, Utah and, has a fairly large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 0 ’s environmental geosciences degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.1% 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%.
Read more about Environmental Geosciences at Dixie State University
Juniata College landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Environmental Geosciences Major ranking. Juniata is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania. It awarded 0 ’s environmental geosciences degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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