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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Geophysics & Seismology (Income Over $110k) in the Southwest Region

5 Ranked Colleges
33 Degrees Awarded
$28,400 Avg Net Price*
Best Vallue Geophysics Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Vallue Geophysics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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

Across the Southwest region, there were 81 geophysics and seismology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 33 geophysics and seismology graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.

This year’s “Best Vallue Geophysics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in geophysics and seismology. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great geophysics and seismology 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 geophysics and seismology 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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The geophysics school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Vallue Geophysics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k”.

We’ve created a tool called College Combat that lets you create your own customized comparisons based on the factors that matter the most to you. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.

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Best Vallue Geophysics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree geophysics students whose families make more than $110k.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Geophysics & Seismology (Income Over $110k) in the Southwest Region

#1

University of Houston

Houston, Texas
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Houston. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Vallue Geophysics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k list. University of Houston is a large public school situated in Houston, Texas. It awarded 9 bachelors’s geophysics degrees in 2019-2020.

UH also made our “Best Geophysics & Seismology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #3. It costs about $12,838 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Geophysics students whose families make more than $110k per year to attend University of Houston.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Geophysics & Seismology at UH

#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at Austin. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Vallue Geophysics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k list. UT Austin is a large school located in Austin, Texas that handed out 5 bachelors’s geophysics degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UT Austin, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Geophysics & Seismology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend UT Austin is $18,023 for southwest region bachelor’s degree geophysics students whose families make more than $110k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low student loan default rate of 2.7% 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 Geophysics & Seismology at UT Austin

#1 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Vallue Geophysics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas A&M University - College Station landed the #3 spot on the list. Texas A&M University - College Station is a large school located in College Station, Texas that handed out 14 bachelors’s geophysics degrees in 2019-2020.

Texas A&M College Station also made our “Best Geophysics & Seismology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #1. The yearly cost to attend Texas A&M College Station is $19,057 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Geophysics students whose families make more than $110k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full Texas A&M University - College Station Geophysics & Seismology Report

#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Oklahoma Norman Campus. The school came in at #4 for the Best Vallue Geophysics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k. Located in Norman, Oklahoma, this large public school awarded 1 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s geophysics students in 2019-2020.

University of Oklahoma also took the #5 spot in our “Best Geophysics & Seismology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of Oklahoma is $21,145 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Geophysics students whose families make more than $110k.

With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The student loan default rate at the school is 4.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Geophysics & Seismology at University of Oklahoma Norman Campus

#5

Baylor University

Waco, Texas
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Vallue Geophysics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Baylor University landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in Waco, Texas, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 2 degrees to qualified bachelors’s geophysics students in 2019-2020.

Baylor did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Geophysics & Seismology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Baylor University is $36,039 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Geophysics students whose families make more than $110k.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Geophysics & Seismology at Baylor

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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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