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Best Geoscience Engineering Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

2023 Best Geoscience Engineering Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

4 Colleges
$90,048 Avg Salary
$27,000 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Geoscience Engineering School for You

Geoscience Engineering is the #298 most popular major in the country with 325 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

The Best Geoscience Engineering Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to see which programs offered the best educational experiences for students.

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2023 Best Geoscience Engineering Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

Check out the geoscience engineering programs at these schools if you want to get the best education that money can buy.

Top Rocky Mountains Region Schools in Geoscience Engineering

Our 2023 rankings named Colorado School of Mines the best school in the Rocky Mountains Region for geoscience engineering students. Located in the large suburb of Golden, Mines is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

While working on their degree, geoscience engineering majors at Mines accumulate an average of around $27,000 in student debt. When it comes time to repay the loan, graduates who are on a 10-year repayment plan pay an average monthly payment of $885.

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The excellent programs at Montana Technological University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best geoscience engineering schools in the Rocky Mountains Region . Montana Tech is a small public school located in the town of Butte.

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#3

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, UT

The excellent programs at University of Utah helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best geoscience engineering schools in the Rocky Mountains Region . U of U is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Salt Lake City.

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#4

University of Idaho

Moscow, ID

Out of the 4 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Idaho landed the # 4 spot on the list. U of I is a large public school located in the town of Moscow.

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Best Geoscience Engineering Colleges by State

Explore the best geoscience engineering colleges for a specific state in the Rocky Mountains region.

State Degrees Awarded
Colorado 59
Utah 6
Idaho 1
Montana 8

More Geoscience Engineering Rankings in the Rocky Mountains Region

One of 40 majors within the area of study, geoscience engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Geoscience Engineering

Related Major Annual Graduates
Mechanical Engineering 46,178
Electrical Engineering 28,844
Civil Engineering 21,388
Computer Engineering 17,987
Chemical Engineering 12,917

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 4 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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