2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Geological & Earth Sciences in Mississippi (With Aid)

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Geological & Earth Sciences is the 84th most popular major in the country with 8,918 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, geological and earth sciences graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $35,533 and had an average of $23,531 in loans still to pay off.

Across Mississippi, there were 180 geological and earth sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,200 and $25,115 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 91 geological and earth sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $48,447 and $43,355 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Geology Schools for a Master’s in Mississippi For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in geological and earth sciences. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality geological and earth sciences programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the geological and earth sciences program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Geology Schools for a Master’s in Mississippi For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Geology Schools for a Master’s in Mississippi For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Geological & Earth Sciences in Mississippi (With Aid)

#1

University of Southern Mississippi

Hattiesburg, Mississippi

#2 in overall quality

$10,896 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Geology Schools for a Master’s in Mississippi For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Southern Mississippi landed the #1 spot on the list. Hattiesburg, Mississippi is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s geology degrees to 17 students in 2019-2020.

Southern Miss also made our “Best Geological & Earth Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in Mississippi” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Southern Mississippi are $10,896, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Geological & Earth Sciences at Southern Miss

#2

Mississippi State University

Mississippi State, Mississippi

#1 in overall quality

$23,950 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$51,607 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mississippi State University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Geology Schools for a Master’s in Mississippi For Those Getting Aid list. Mississippi State University is a public institution located in Mississippi State, Mississippi. The school has a large population, and it awarded 74 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Mississippi State also made our “Best Geological & Earth Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in Mississippi” list, coming in at #1. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Mississippi State are $23,950.

Full Mississippi State Geological & Earth Sciences Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Geological & Earth Sciences in the Southeast Region (With Aid)
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Geological & Earth Sciences (With Aid)

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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