Geophysics and Seismology
Ranked in 2010, part of Earth Sciences
Geophysicists study the unseen processes under the Earth's subsurface, sometimes using principles of seismology (the science of earthquakes) to analyze activity. These are the best earth sciences schools for geophysics and seismology.
| Rank | School name |
|---|---|
| #14 |
Brown University
Providence, RI |
| #14 |
University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ |
| #14 |
University of California–Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA |
| #12 |
Pennsylvania State University–University Park
University Park, PA |
| #12 |
Rice University
Houston, TX |
| #11 |
University of California–Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz, CA |
| #10 |
University of Washington
Seattle, WA |
| #9 |
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA |
| #7 |
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA |
| #7 |
Princeton University
Princeton, NJ |
| #6 |
University of Texas–Austin
Austin, TX |
| #5 |
Columbia University
Palisades, NY |
| #4 |
University of California–Berkeley
Berkeley, CA |
| #3 |
Stanford University
Stanford, CA |
| #2 |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA |
| #1 |
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, CA |
