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Best Value Geological & Earth Sciences Doctor's Degree Schools in Nevada

2023 Best Value Geological & Earth Sciences Doctor's Degree Schools in Nevada

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$6,449 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$56,185 Avg Salary

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

Geological & Earth Sciences is the #63 most popular major in Nevada with 69 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right 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 Doctor's Degree Schools in Nevada to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Nevada to see which doctor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for geology 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. 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.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

Best Nevada Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Geological & Earth Sciences

Our analysis found University of Nevada - Reno to be the best value school for geological and earth sciences students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in Nevada. UNR is a very large public school located in the large city of Reno.

UNR graduate students pay an average of $6,290 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

UNR did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Geological & Earth Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in Nevada list.

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The excellent doctor’s degree programs at University of Nevada - Las Vegas helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value geological and earth sciences schools in Nevada. Located in the midsize city of Las Vegas, UNLV is a public college with a very large student population.

UNLV graduate students pay an average of $6,607 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

UNLV also made our Best Geological & Earth Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in Nevada list, coming in at #1.

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Best Value Geological & Earth Sciences Colleges in the Far Western US Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
California 991
Washington 339
Oregon 137
Hawaii 42
Alaska 37

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

Majors Similar to Geology

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 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Kelvinsong.

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