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2023 Best Value Geological & Earth Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$29,647 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 #82 in the country. In fact 2,491 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Geological & Earth Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best value experiences for geology students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

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 Rocky Mountains Region

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

Best Rocky Mountains Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Geological & Earth Sciences

Our analysis found Montana State University to be the best value school for geological and earth sciences students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the Rocky Mountains Region . Located in the town of Bozeman, MSU Bozeman is a public school with a large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at MSU Bozeman are $22,391 per year.

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#2

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, UT

Out of the 3 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Utah landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the midsize city of Salt Lake City, U of U is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at U of U are $25,705 per year.

Full Geological & Earth Sciences at University of Utah Report

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Colorado School of Mines helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value geological and earth sciences schools in the Rocky Mountains Region . Mines is a medium-sized public school located in the suburb of Golden.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Mines are $40,844 a year.

Mines did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Geological & Earth Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list.

Full Geological & Earth Sciences at Colorado School of Mines Report

Best Geological & Earth Sciences Colleges by State

Explore the best geological and earth sciences colleges for a specific state in the Rocky Mountains region.

State Degrees Awarded
Colorado 86
Utah 44
Idaho 20
Montana 24
Wyoming 19

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

Majors Similar to Geology

Related Major Annual Graduates
Chemistry 5,005
Physics 3,727
Materials Sciences 448
Astronomy & Astrophysics 371
Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology 342

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.

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