2022 Most Popular Master's Degree Colleges for Geological & Earth Sciences in Kansas

If you plan on getting your master's degree in geological and earth sciences, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #76 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many colleges that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

For its 2022 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in Kansas to determine which ones were the most popular for geological and earth sciences students pursuing a master's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 34 master's degrees in geological and earth sciences to qualified students.

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Choosing a Great Geological & Earth Sciences School for Your Master's Degree

The geology master's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. We created our Most Popular Master's Degree Colleges for Geological & Earth Sciences in Kansas ranking to make it a little easier to choose the right one for you.

Being popular does not always equate to overall quality, but a school with a large number of geological and earth sciences students usually has them for a reason. Sometimes this is because the school offers a great educational experience, it is a good value, or it is highly focused on the program.

More Ways to Rank Geological & Earth Sciences Schools

This is not our only ranking, nor the only degree level we have ranked. In addition to this ranking, you may want to take at the rankings for different degree levels as called out above. You can also narrow your search by location by filtering for a certain area of the country. On top of that, you can visit our other rankings for geological and earth sciences.

 

Most Popular Schools for Master’s Students to Study Geological & Earth Sciences in Kansas

The following list ranks the most popular colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in geological and earth sciences.

Most Well Attended Schools for Geology Students Working on Their Master's

1

Kansas State University
Manhattan, KS

14 Annual Master's Degrees

#1 Best Quality In KS

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

Kansas State University is one of the most popular schools in the United States for getting a master's degree in geological and earth sciences. Located in the small city of Manhattan, K -State is a public university with a fairly large student population. You also may be intersted to know that the school ranks #1 in quality for master's degrees in geological and earth sciences in Kansas.

There were about 14 geological and earth sciences individuals who graduated with this degree at K -State in the most recent year we have data available.

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2

University of Kansas
Lawrence, KS

12 Annual Master's Degrees

#2 Best Quality In KS

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

University of Kansas is one of the most popular schools in the country for getting a master's degree in geological and earth sciences. Located in the small city of Lawrence, KU is a public university with a very large student population. You also may be intersted to know that the school ranks #2 in quality for master's degrees in geological and earth sciences in Kansas.

There were about 12 geological and earth sciences students who graduated with this degree at KU in the most recent year we have data available.

More information about a master’s in geological and earth sciences from University of Kansas

3

Fort Hays State University
Hays, KS

8 Annual Master's Degrees

#3 Best Quality In KS

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

Fort Hays State University is one of the most popular schools in the country for getting a master's degree in geological and earth sciences. Located in the remote town of Hays, FHSU is a public university with a fairly large student population. This isn't the only ranking where the school placed. It's also #3 in quality for master's degrees in geological and earth sciences in Kansas.

There were roughly 8 geological and earth sciences students who graduated with this degree at FHSU in the most recent year we have data available.

More information about a master’s in geological and earth sciences from Fort Hays State University

 

Best Geological & Earth Sciences Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Most Popular Geological & Earth Sciences Schools in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Missouri	184	44
Minnesota	169	8
Iowa	146	12
Nebraska	116	12
North Dakota	100	3
South Dakota	84	3

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Rankings in Majors Related to Geology

One of 8 majors within the Physical Sciences area of study, Geological & Earth Sciences has other similar majors worth exploring.

Geology Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Geology & Earth Sciences	34

Most Popular Majors Related to Geology

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Chemistry	10
Physics	8
General Physical Sciences	7
Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology	3

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Kelvinsong. More about our data sources and methodologies.