2023 Schools Highly Focused on Geophysics Major in the Southeast Region
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Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Schools Highly Focused on Geophysics Major in the Southeast Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Geophysics & Seismology is the 757th most popular major in the country with 238 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.
Across the Southeast region, there were 0 geophysics & seismology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools Highly Focused on Geophysics Major in the Southeast Region” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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.
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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 “Schools Highly Focused on Geophysics Major in the Southeast Region”.
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Schools Highly Focused on Geophysics Major in the Southeast Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region geophysics students.
Top 2 Most Focused Colleges for Geophysics & Seismology in the Southeast Region
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Geophysics Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of South Carolina - Columbia landed the #1 spot on the list. UofSC is a large public school situated in Columbia, South Carolina. It awarded 0 ’s geophysics degrees in 2021-2022.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Geophysics & Seismology at UofSC
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Geophysics Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Millsaps College landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Jackson, Mississippi, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 0 diplomas to qualified ’s geophysics students in 2021-2022.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.0% 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 Millsaps
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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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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