by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 the Middle Atlantic Region” 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 the Middle Atlantic region, there were 1 geophysics & seismology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 1 geophysics & seismology graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,660 and $23,761 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Geophysics Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in geophysics & seismology. That schools that top this list have a program in geophysics & seismology in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Geophysics Major in the Middle Atlantic Region”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend SUNY Geneseo. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Geophysics Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in Geneseo, New York, this small public school handed out 1 degrees to qualified bachelors’s geophysics students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Swarthmore College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Geophysics Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 0 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s geophysics students in 2021-2022.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 95%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Geophysics Major in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, SUNY Fredonia landed the #2 spot on the list. SUNY Fredonia is a small school located in Fredonia, New York that handed out 0 bachelors’s geophysics degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend St Lawrence University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Geophysics Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. St Lawrence University is located in Canton, New York and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 0 bachelors’s geophysics degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.8% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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