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2023 Best Value Geological & Earth Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

17 Colleges
$25,154 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Geological & Earth Sciences Graduate Certificate School for You

In 2020-2021, 7,821 people earned a degree or certificate in geological and earth sciences, making the major the #96 most popular in the United States.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

The Best Value Geological & Earth Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 17 schools in the United States to see which graduate certificate 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. 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.

2023 Best Value Geological & Earth Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in the United States

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Geological & Earth Sciences Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Top 10 Best Geological & Earth Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools

Our 2023 rankings named Illinois State University the best value school in the United States for geological and earth sciences students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the midsize suburb of Normal, Illinois State is a public college with a very large student population.

Illinois State graduate students pay an average of $11,773 in tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Missouri State University - Springfield. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Geological & Earth Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools list. Missouri State is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Springfield.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Missouri State are $12,618 a year.

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The excellent graduate certificate programs at Western Michigan University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value geological and earth sciences schools in the United States. Located in the city of Kalamazoo, WMU is a public school with a large student population.

WMU graduate students pay an average of $26,248 in tuition and fees each year.

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#4

East Carolina University

Greenville, NC

Out of the 17 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, East Carolina University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the city of Greenville, ECU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at ECU are $20,743 per year.

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#5

University of New Orleans

New Orleans, LA

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of New Orleans. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Geological & Earth Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools list. UNO is a medium-sized public school located in the large city of New Orleans.

UNO graduate students pay an average of $13,678 in tuition and fees each year.

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The University of Texas at San Antonio came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Geological & Earth Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools ranking. UTSA is a fairly large public school located in the city of San Antonio.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UTSA are $27,560 per year.

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Montana State University ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Geological & Earth Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools list. Located in the town of Bozeman, MSU Bozeman is a public college with a large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at MSU Bozeman are $22,391 per year.

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University of Massachusetts - Lowell ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Geological & Earth Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools list. UMass Lowell is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Lowell.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UMass Lowell are $26,990 a year.

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#9

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, UT

University of Utah came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Geological & Earth Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools ranking. Located in the midsize city of Salt Lake City, U of U is a public school with a very large student population.

U of U graduate students pay an average of $25,705 in tuition and fees each year.

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#10

University of Kansas

Lawrence, KS

University of Kansas ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value Geological & Earth Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools list. Located in the small city of Lawrence, KU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at KU are $25,007 per year.

KU also claimed a spot on our Best Geological & Earth Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools in this category.

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Geological & Earth Sciences by Region

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Region
Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Great Lakes

Geological & Earth Sciences is one of 8 different types of programs to choose from.

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 17 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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