Geoscience Engineeringmaster's programs are on the lower end of the spectrum in terms of popularity. In fact, the major degree program ranks #238 out of the 343 majors we look at each year. While this may limit the number of schools that offer the degree program, there are still top-quality ones to be found.
College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Geoscience Engineering Master's Degree Schools ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 106 master's degrees in geoscience engineering during the <nil> academic year.
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Average Early-Career Salaries
Average early-career salary of those graduating with their master's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your master's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.
Other Factors We Consider
In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:
Major Focus - How much a school focuses on geoscience engineering students vs. other majors.
Major Demand - How many other geoscience engineering students want to attend this school to pursue a master's degree.
Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
Student Debt - How much debt geoscience engineering students go into to obtain their master's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized geoscience engineering related body.
Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for geoscience engineering students working on their master's degree.
The geoscience engineering school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Geoscience Engineering Master's Degree Schools.
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Colorado School of Mines is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a master's degree in geoscience engineering. Located in the suburb of Golden, Mines is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.
Master's graduates who receive their degree from the geoscience engineering program earn about $81,719 in the first couple years of their career.
It is difficult to beat Missouri University of Science and Technology if you want to pursue a master's degree in geoscience engineering. Missouri University of Science and Technology is a moderately-sized public university located in the town of Rolla.
After graduating, geoscience engineering master's recipients generally make an average of $83,636 in the first five years of their career.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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.
