2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Geology & Earth Sciences (Income $75-$110k) in Virginia

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Geology Schools for a Doctorate in Virginia For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Geology & Earth Sciences is the 101st most popular major in the country with 7,036 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Virginia, there were 116 geology and earth sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 6 geology and earth sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality geology and earth sciences programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the geology and earth sciences 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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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Geology Schools for a Doctorate in Virginia For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Geology Schools for a Doctorate in Virginia For Those Making $75-$110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for virginia doctor’s degree geology students whose families make $75-$110k.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Geology & Earth Sciences (Income $75-$110k) in Virginia

#1

Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, Virginia

#1 in overall quality

$30,547 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Virginia Tech. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Geology Schools for a Doctorate in Virginia For Those Making $75-$110k list. Virginia Tech is a large school located in Blacksburg, Virginia that handed out 6 doctorate’s geology degrees in 2019-2020.

Virginia Tech did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Geology & Earth Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in Virginia” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Virginia Tech are $30,547.

Read more about Geology & Earth Sciences at Virginia Tech

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Geology & Earth Sciences (Income $75-$110k) in the Southeast Region
• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Geology & Earth Sciences (Income $75-$110k)

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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