Geology

Ranked in 2010, part of Earth Sciences

Geology graduate school programs include classroom-based courses as well as field work, which often means students will travel to locations around the world to study. These are the best earth sciences schools for geology.

Rank School name
#1 University of Arizona

Tucson, AZ

#1 University of Michigan–​Ann Arbor

Ann Arbor, MI

#3 Pennsylvania State University–​University Park

University Park, PA

#3 University of Texas–​Austin

Austin, TX

#5 Stanford University

Stanford, CA

#6 California Institute of Technology

Pasadena, CA

#7 Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Cambridge, MA

#8 University of Wisconsin–​Madison

Madison, WI

#9 University of California–​Berkeley

Berkeley, CA

#10 Harvard University

Cambridge, MA

#10 University of Washington

Seattle, WA

#12 Cornell University

Ithaca, NY

#12 University of California–​Santa Barbara

Santa Barbara, CA

#12 University of Minnesota–​Twin Cities

Minneapolis, MN

#15 Columbia University

Palisades, NY

#16 University of California–​Los Angeles

Los Angeles, CA

#17 Arizona State University

Tempe, AZ

#17 Yale University

New Haven, CT

Morse Code: Inside the College Rankings by Bob Morse
Correcting Dominican University of California's 2011 Admissions Statistics

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