2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other Geological & Earth Sciences/Geosciences Major in the New England Region

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In 2021-2022, 866 people earned their degree in other geological & earth sciences/geosciences, making the major the 502nd most popular in the United States.

Across the New England region, there were 140 other geological & earth sciences/geosciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 1 other geological & earth sciences/geosciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $62,593 and $42,781 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other Geological & Earth Sciences/Geosciences Major in the New England Region” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in other geological & earth sciences/geosciences. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in other geological & earth sciences/geosciences.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other Geological & Earth Sciences/Geosciences Major in the New England Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region master’s degree other geological & earth sciences/geosciences students.

Top 2 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Other Geological & Earth Sciences/Geosciences in the New England Region

1

University of Maine
Orono, Maine

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other Geological & Earth Sciences/Geosciences Major in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Maine landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Maine is a fairly large school located in Orono, Maine that handed out 1 masters’s other geological & earth sciences/geosciences degrees in 2021-2022.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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2

Harvard University
Cambridge, Massachusetts

#3 overall quality in New England

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other Geological & Earth Sciences/Geosciences Major in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Harvard University landed the #2 spot on the list. Harvard is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 0 masters’s other geological & earth sciences/geosciences degrees to qualified students.

The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.3% 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 96%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

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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

• *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.

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