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2023 Best Value Geological & Earth Sciences Master's Degree Schools in Tennessee

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$11,461 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$59,807 Avg Salary

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

Geological & Earth Sciences is the #70 most popular major in Tennessee with 189 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one 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 Master's Degree Schools in Tennessee to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 4 schools in Tennessee to see which ones offered the best value master's degree programs for geology students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.

For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Geological & Earth Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in Tennessee

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for geology majors pursuing a master's degree.

Best Tennessee Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Geological & Earth Sciences

Our analysis found East Tennessee State University to be the best value school for geological and earth sciences students who want to pursue a master’s degree in Tennessee. Located in the city of Johnson City, ETSU is a public college with a large student population.

ETSU graduate students pay an average of $10,736 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Full Geological & Earth Sciences at East Tennessee State University Report

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means The University of Tennessee - Knoxville is a great value for geological and earth sciences students working on their master’s degree. UT Knoxville is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Knoxville.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UT Knoxville are $13,380 per year.

UT Knoxville also made our Best Geological & Earth Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in Tennessee list, coming in at #4.

Read full report on Geological & Earth Sciences at The University of Tennessee - Knoxville

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Middle Tennessee State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Geological & Earth Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in Tennessee list. Middle Tennessee State University is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Murfreesboro.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Middle Tennessee State University are $10,818 a year.

Full Geological & Earth Sciences at Middle Tennessee State University Report

#4

University of Memphis

Memphis, TN

The excellent master’s degree programs at University of Memphis helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value geological and earth sciences schools in Tennessee. Located in the city of Memphis, UofM is a public school with a very large student population.

UofM graduate students pay an average of $10,908 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Best Value Geological & Earth Sciences Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Georgia 92
Virginia 144
North Carolina 263
Florida 221
Kentucky 44
South Carolina 64
Louisiana 141
Arkansas 45
Alabama 38
Mississippi 217
West Virginia 61

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

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 4 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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