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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$22,879 Avg Tuition & Fees*

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

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, geological and earth sciences was ranked #96 in the country. In fact 7,821 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

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

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 Plains States Region

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

Best Plains States Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Geological & Earth Sciences

Our 2023 rankings named Missouri State University - Springfield the best value school in the Plains States Region for geological and earth sciences students working on their graduate certificate. Missouri State is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Springfield.

Missouri State graduate students pay an average of $12,618 in tuition and fees each year.

Full Geological & Earth Sciences at Missouri State University - Springfield Report

#2

University of Kansas

Lawrence, KS

Out of the 3 schools in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Kansas landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the 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.

Read full report on Geological & Earth Sciences at University of Kansas

#3

University of Iowa

Iowa City, IA

The excellent graduate certificate programs at University of Iowa helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value geological and earth sciences schools in the Plains States Region . Located in the small city of Iowa City, Iowa is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Iowa graduate students pay an average of $31,012 in tuition and fees each year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, Iowa also did well on our Best Geological & Earth Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

Full Geological & Earth Sciences at University of Iowa Report

Best Geological & Earth Sciences Colleges by State

Explore the best geological and earth sciences colleges for a specific state in the Plains States region.

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 114
Minnesota 133
Kansas 71
Iowa 54
Nebraska 18
North Dakota 12
South Dakota 13

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 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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