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2023 Best Geoscience Engineering Schools in the Plains States Region

4 Colleges
$60,548 Avg Salary
$26,625 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Geoscience Engineering School for You

Geoscience Engineering is the #232 most popular major in the country with 173 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Geoscience Engineering Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. This report analyzed 4 schools in the Plains States Region to see which ones offered the best programs for students.

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2023 Best Geoscience Engineering Schools in the Plains States Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for geoscience engineering majors pursuing a .

Top Plains States Region Schools in Geoscience Engineering

Our 2023 rankings named Missouri University of Science and Technology the best school in the Plains States Region for geoscience engineering students. Missouri University of Science and Technology is a medium-sized public school located in the remote town of Rolla.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of Minnesota - Twin Cities is a great place for geoscience engineering students. Located in the city of Minneapolis, UMN Twin Cities is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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#3

University of North Dakota

Grand Forks, ND

The excellent programs at University of North Dakota helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best geoscience engineering schools in the Plains States Region . UND is a fairly large public school located in the city of Grand Forks.

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Out of the 4 schools in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology landed the # 4 spot on the list. SD Mines is a small public school located in the city of Rapid City.

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Best Geoscience Engineering Colleges by State

Explore the best geoscience engineering colleges for a specific state in the Plains States region.

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 110
Minnesota 2
North Dakota 4
South Dakota 18

More Geoscience Engineering Rankings in the Plains States Region

One of 39 majors within the area of study, geoscience engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Electrical Engineering 11,021
Mechanical Engineering 9,007
Civil Engineering 6,042
Computer Engineering 5,557
Biomedical Engineering 4,252

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 4 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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).

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