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2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Geophysics Major in Illinois

1 Ranked Colleges
9 Degrees Awarded
$39,700 Avg Cost*
Schools for a Bachelor's Highly Focused on Geophysics Major in Illinois

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 “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Geophysics Major in Illinois” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2021-2022, 238 people earned their degree in geophysics & seismology, making the major the 757th most popular in the United States.

Across Illinois, there were 16 geophysics & seismology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 9 geophysics & seismology graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,374 and $23,086 respectively.

That schools that top this list have a program in geophysics & seismology in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

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Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Geophysics Major in Illinois

The colleges and universities below are the best for illinois bachelor’s degree geophysics students.

Top 1 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Geophysics & Seismology in Illinois

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University of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois

Out of the 1 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Geophysics Major in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Chicago landed the #1 spot on the list. UChicago is a fairly large school located in Chicago, Illinois that handed out 9 bachelors’s geophysics degrees in 2021-2022.

With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.5% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 99%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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