by our College Data Analytics Team
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 Master’s Highly Focused on Paleontology Major” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Paleontology is the 1349th most popular major in the country with 20 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.
At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 3 paleontology graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,979 and $43,370 respectively.
This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in paleontology.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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 “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Paleontology Major” list to help you make the college decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for master’s degree paleontology students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend South Dakota School of Mines and Technology. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Paleontology Major. Located in Rapid City, South Dakota, this small public school awarded 3 diplomas to qualified masters’s paleontology students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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