2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Paleontology (Income $48-$75k)

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Paleontology Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 10 people earned their degree in paleontology, making the major the 1257th most popular in the United States.

At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 2 paleontology graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,398 and $43,194 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality paleontology programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the paleontology 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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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Paleontology Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $48-$75k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Paleontology Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $48-$75k

The colleges and universities below are the best for master’s degree paleontology students whose families make $48-$75k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Paleontology (Income $48-$75k)

#1

South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

Rapid City, South Dakota

#1 in overall quality

$19,250 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Paleontology Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Rapid City, South Dakota, this small public school handed out 2 degrees to qualified masters’s paleontology students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at SD Mines, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Paleontology Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at South Dakota School of Mines and Technology are $19,250, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Paleontology at SD Mines

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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