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2023 Best Value Geoscience Engineering Schools in the Plains States Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$24,121 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$60,548 Avg Salary

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 Value Geoscience Engineering Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in the Plains States Region to see which programs offered the best value experiences for geoscience engineering students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Geoscience Engineering Schools in the Plains States Region

Check out the geoscience engineering programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Plains States Region Schools for Affordable Quality in Geoscience Engineering

#1

University of North Dakota

Grand Forks, ND
$15,037 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found University of North Dakota to be the best value school for geoscience engineering students who want to pursue a degree in the Plains States Region . UND is a large public school located in the small city of Grand Forks.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UND are $15,037 per year.

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$16,530 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend South Dakota School of Mines and Technology. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Geoscience Engineering Schools in the Plains States Region list. SD Mines is a small public school located in the small city of Rapid City.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at SD Mines are $16,530 a year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Missouri University of Science and Technology. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Geoscience Engineering Schools in the Plains States Region list. Missouri University of Science and Technology is a moderately-sized public school located in the town of Rolla.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Missouri University of Science and Technology are $31,099 per year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Missouri University of Science and Technology also is in the top 5% of our Best Geoscience Engineering Schools in the Plains States Region ranking.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Geoscience Engineering Schools in the Plains States Region list. Located in the large city of Minneapolis, UMN Twin Cities is a public college with a very large student population.

UMN Twin Cities undergraduate students pay an average of $33,818 in tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its great value ranking, UMN Twin Cities is in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Geoscience Engineering Schools in the Plains States Region list.

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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.

  • 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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