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2022 Best Value Geophysics Schools for a Doctorate in Massachusetts For Those Making $75-$110k

1 Ranked Colleges
2 Degrees Awarded
$56,700 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Geophysics Schools for a Doctorate in Massachusetts For Those Making $75-$110k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Geophysics Schools for a Doctorate in Massachusetts For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking.

Geophysics & Seismology is the 674th most popular major in the country with 251 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Massachusetts, there were 3 geophysics and seismology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 2 geophysics and seismology graduates with average earnings and debt of $73,213 and $99,210 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent geophysics and seismology programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the geophysics and seismology program at the school. 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 Geophysics Schools for a Doctorate in Massachusetts 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 Geophysics Schools for a Doctorate in Massachusetts For Those Making $75-$110k

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

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Geophysics & Seismology (Income $75-$110k) in Massachusetts

#1

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Cambridge, Massachusetts
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Geophysics Schools for a Doctorate in Massachusetts For Those Making $75-$110k. Cambridge, Massachusetts is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s geophysics degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

MIT not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Geophysics & Seismology Doctor’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at MIT are $56,719, 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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