2024 Best Geology & Earth Sciences Schools in the New England Region
8Colleges in the New England Region
326Geology Degrees Awarded
Geology & Earth Sciences is of the hottest degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #125 most popular major in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 8 schools in the New England Region to determine which ones were the best for geology & earth sciences students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 326 degrees in geology & earth sciences to qualified students.
Your choice of geology & earth sciences school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Geology & Earth Sciences School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
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Best Schools for Geology & Earth Sciences in the New England Region
The schools below may not offer all types of geology degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
University of Connecticut is a great option for students interested in a degree in geology & earth sciences. UCONN is a very large public university located in the suburb of Storrs. A Best Colleges rank of #86 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UCONN is a great university overall.
There were approximately 16 geology & earth sciences students who graduated with this degree at UCONN in the most recent year we have data available.
University of Massachusetts Amherst is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in geology & earth sciences. UMass Amherst is a fairly large public university located in the large suburb of Amherst. A Best Colleges rank of #81 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UMass Amherst is a great university overall.
There were about 25 geology & earth sciences students who graduated with this degree at UMass Amherst in the most recent data year.
Williams College is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in geology & earth sciences. Williams is a small private not-for-profit college located in the fringe town of Williamstown. A Best Colleges rank of #68 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Williams is a great college overall.
There were roughly 11 geology & earth sciences students who graduated with this degree at Williams in the most recent data year.
Boston University is a good decision for students interested in a degree in geology & earth sciences. Located in the city of Boston, Boston U is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #54 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Boston U is a great university overall.
There were about 3 geology & earth sciences students who graduated with this degree at Boston U in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the suburb of Northampton, Smith is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population. This college ranks 19th out of 63 schools for overall quality in the state of Massachusetts.
There were roughly 17 geology & earth sciences students who graduated with this degree at Smith in the most recent year we have data available.
UNH is a large public university located in the small suburb of Durham. This university ranks 2nd out of 17 colleges for overall quality in the state of New Hampshire.
There were approximately 18 geology & earth sciences students who graduated with this degree at UNH in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the suburb of Bridgewater, Bridgewater State is a public university with a moderately-sized student population. This university ranks 26th out of 63 colleges for overall quality in the state of Massachusetts.
There were approximately 21 geology & earth sciences students who graduated with this degree at Bridgewater State in the most recent data year.
Salem State is a medium-sized public university located in the large suburb of Salem. This university ranks 37th out of 63 schools for overall quality in the state of Massachusetts.
There were approximately 8 geology & earth sciences students who graduated with this degree at Salem State in the most recent data year.
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.
Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
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Your choice of geology & earth sciences school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Geology & Earth Sciences School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
