Earth Sciences

Ranked in 2010 | Earth Sciences Rankings Methodology

With an earth sciences graduate degree, scientists may finds jobs in energy companies, engineering firms, research institutions, government agencies, colleges and universities, and more. These are the best earth sciences schools.

Rank School name Score
#17 Arizona State University

Tempe, AZ

3.8
#108 Baylor University

Waco, TX

2.0
#81 Binghamton University–​SUNY

Binghamton, NY

2.5
#58 Boston University

Boston, MA

2.8
#17 Brown University

Providence, RI

3.8
#1 California Institute of Technology

Pasadena, CA

4.9
#25 Colorado School of Mines

Golden, CO

3.6
#69 Colorado State University

Fort Collins, CO

2.6
#5 Columbia University

Palisades, NY

4.5
#13 Cornell University

Ithaca, NY

3.9
#89 CUNY Graduate School and University Center

New York, NY

2.4
#58 Dartmouth College

Hanover, NH

2.8
#45 Duke University

Durham, NC

3.1
#101 Florida International University

Miami, FL

2.3
#81 Florida State University

Tallahassee, FL

2.5
#45 Georgia Institute of Technology

Atlanta, GA

3.1
#8 Harvard University

Cambridge, MA

4.2
#45 Indiana University–​Bloomington

Bloomington, IN

3.1
#89 Iowa State University

Ames, IA

2.4
#28 Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, MD

3.5
Rank Not Published Kent State University

Kent, OH

N/A
#63 Lehigh University

Bethlehem, PA

2.7
#58 Louisiana State University–​Baton Rouge

Baton Rouge, LA

2.8
#1 Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Cambridge, MA

4.9
#102 Miami University

Oxford, OH

2.1

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Morse Code: Inside the College Rankings by Bob Morse
Updates to 2 Schools' 2013 Best Colleges Ranks

University of Mary Hardin–Baylor and York College of Pennsylvania are now in the ‘Unranked’ category.

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