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2022 Best Value Geophysics Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid

1 Ranked Colleges
1 Degrees Awarded
$56,700 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Geophysics Schools for a Master's in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Master’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking.

In 2019-2020, 251 people earned their degree in geophysics and seismology, making the major the 674th most popular in the United States.

Across the New England region, there were 9 geophysics and seismology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 1 geophysics and seismology graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,606 and $42,101 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.

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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Geophysics Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Geophysics Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Geophysics & Seismology in the New England Region (With Aid)

#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 Master’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid. Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It awarded 1 masters’s geophysics degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at MIT, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Geophysics & Seismology Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at MIT are $56,719, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Geophysics & Seismology at Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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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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