2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Other Geological & Earth Sciences/Geosciences in the Great Lakes Region (With Aid)

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 “Best Value Other Geological & Earth Sciences/Geosciences Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 890 people earned their degree in other geological and earth sciences/geosciences, making the major the 464th most popular in the United States.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 41 other geological and earth sciences/geosciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 20 other geological and earth sciences/geosciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,039 and $42,488 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Other Geological & Earth Sciences/Geosciences Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in other geological and earth sciences/geosciences. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great other geological and earth sciences/geosciences programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the other geological and earth sciences/geosciences program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Other Geological & Earth Sciences/Geosciences Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region master’s degree other geological & earth sciences/geosciences students with aid.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Other Geological & Earth Sciences/Geosciences in the Great Lakes Region (With Aid)

#1

Illinois State University

Normal, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$11,069 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Illinois State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Other Geological & Earth Sciences/Geosciences Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Normal, Illinois, this large public school awarded 11 degrees to qualified masters’s other geological and earth sciences/geosciences students in 2019-2020.

Illinois State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Other Geological & Earth Sciences/Geosciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Illinois State University are $11,069, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#2

Western Michigan University

Kalamazoo, Michigan

$31,355 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western Michigan University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Other Geological & Earth Sciences/Geosciences Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid list. This fairly large school is located in Kalamazoo, Michigan, and it awarded 7 masters’s other geological and earth sciences/geosciences degrees in 2019-2020.

WMU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best Other Geological & Earth Sciences/Geosciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Western Michigan University are $31,355, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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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

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.

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