2023 Best Value Geoscience Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Geoscience Engineering School for You
Out of all the majors we analyze each year, geoscience engineering was ranked #298 in the country. In fact 325 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2020-2021.
Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.
To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Geoscience Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which programs offered the best value experiences for geoscience engineering students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.
When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.
Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
Best Great Lakes Region Schools for Affordable Quality in Geoscience Engineering
Our 2023 rankings named Michigan Technological University the best value school in the Great Lakes Region for geoscience engineering students. Located in the town of Houghton, Michigan Tech is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.
Michigan Tech undergraduate students pay an average of $39,723 in tuition and fees each year. Geoscience Engineering majors at Michigan Tech take out an average of $20,700 in student loans while working on their egree.
As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Michigan Tech also is in the top 5% of our Best Geoscience Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking.
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Out of the 2 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Wisconsin - Madison landed the # 2 spot on the list. UW - Madison is a very large public school located in the large city of Madison.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at UW - Madison are $38,608 a year.
In addition to its great value ranking, UW - Madison is in the top 5% of all schools on our Best Geoscience Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.
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| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Michigan | 7 |
| Wisconsin | 24 |
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Geoscience Engineering Related Majors for Geoscience Engineering
Geoscience Engineering is one of 40 different types of programs to choose from.
Most Popular Related Majors
| 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 2 schools only.
- 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.