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Most Popular Geoscience Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region

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2023 Most Popular Geoscience Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region

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Finding the Best Geoscience Engineering Doctor's Degree 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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Most Popular Geoscience Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. This report analyzed 3 schools in the Plains States Region to see which ones were the most popular doctor's degree programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Geoscience Engineering program at each school on the list.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for geoscience engineering majors pursuing a doctor's degree.

Our 2023 rankings named South Dakota School of Mines and Technology the most popular school in the Plains States Region for geoscience engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. SD Mines is a small public school located in the city of Rapid City.

About 40% of the students majoring in geoscience engineering at the school are women while 60% are male.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Missouri University of Science and Technology is a great place for geoscience engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. Missouri University of Science and Technology is a moderately-sized public school located in the remote town of Rolla.

Women make up 33% of the geoscience engineering majors at the school.

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#3

University of North Dakota

Grand Forks, ND

Out of the 3 schools in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Dakota landed the # 3 spot on the list. UND is a fairly large public school located in the city of Grand Forks.

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Best Geoscience Engineering Colleges by State

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

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

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 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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