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 |
| #1 |
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, CA |
| #5 |
Columbia University
Palisades, NY |
| #7 |
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA |
| #2 |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA |
| #12 |
Pennsylvania State University–University Park
University Park, PA |
| #7 |
Princeton University
Princeton, NJ |
| #12 |
Rice University
Houston, TX |
| #3 |
Stanford University
Stanford, CA |
| #14 |
University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ |
| #4 |
University of California–Berkeley
Berkeley, CA |
| #14 |
University of California–Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA |
| #11 |
University of California–Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz, CA |
| #9 |
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA |
| #6 |
University of Texas–Austin
Austin, TX |
| #10 |
University of Washington
Seattle, WA |
