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2023 Best Value Geological & Earth Sciences Bachelor's Degree Schools in Maryland

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

3 Colleges
$10,710 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$36,471 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Geological & Earth Sciences Bachelor's Degree School for You

With 109 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, geological and earth sciences is the #105 most popular major in Maryland.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Geological & Earth Sciences Bachelor's Degree Schools in Maryland to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 3 schools in Maryland to see which ones offered the best value bachelor's degree programs for geology students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Geological & Earth Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maryland

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Geological & Earth Sciences Bachelor's Degree Colleges.

Best Maryland Schools for Affordable Quality for a Bachelor's in Geological & Earth Sciences

Our 2023 rankings named University of Maryland - College Park the best value school in Maryland for geological and earth sciences students working on their bachelor’s degree. UMCP is a very large public school located in the suburb of College Park.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UMCP are $10,955 per year.

UMCP did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Geological & Earth Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maryland list.

Read full report on Geological & Earth Sciences at University of Maryland - College Park

#2

Towson University

Towson, MD

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Towson University is a great value for geological and earth sciences students working on their bachelor’s degree. Towson is a fairly large public school located in the city of Towson.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Towson are $10,464 per year.

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#3

Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, MD

The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at Johns Hopkins University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value geological and earth sciences schools in Maryland. Johns Hopkins is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Baltimore.

Johns Hopkins undergraduate students pay an average of $58,720 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Johns Hopkins also made our Best Geological & Earth Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maryland list, coming in at #2.

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Best Value Geological & Earth Sciences Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Value Geological & Earth Sciences Schools in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania 509
New York 573
New Jersey 122
District of Columbia 5
Delaware 22

One of 8 majors within the area of study, geological and earth sciences has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Chemistry 21,239
Physics 13,674
General Physical Sciences 3,823
Astronomy & Astrophysics 1,375
Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology 1,140

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 3 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Kelvinsong.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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