2022 Most Popular Doctor's Degree Colleges for Geological & Earth Sciences in Colorado

A doctor's degree in geological and earth sciences is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #36 out of 295 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. As a result, there are many colleges that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

For its 2022 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in Colorado to determine which ones were the most popular for geological and earth sciences students pursuing a doctor's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 27 doctor's degrees in geological and earth sciences to qualified students.

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Choosing a Great Geological & Earth Sciences School for Your Doctor's Degree

The geology doctor's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. One of the reasons we created our Most Popular Doctor's Degree Colleges for Geological & Earth Sciences in Colorado ranking is to help you make that choice.

A high popularity ranking isn't always a sign that a school has a great overall quality ranking for geological and earth sciences, but it does mean that many students are choosing the school for some reason. This may be due to it being a great value, it offering a stellar educational experience, or the subject is a major focus of the school.

One Size Does Not Fit All

This is not our only ranking, nor the only degree level we have ranked. In addition to this ranking, you may want to take at the rankings for different degree levels as called out above. You can also narrow your search by location by filtering for a certain area of the country. Plus, you can view our other rankings for geological and earth sciences.

 

Most Popular Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Geological & Earth Sciences in Colorado

The following list ranks the most popular colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in geological and earth sciences.

Most Well Attended Schools for Geology Students Working on Their Doctorate

1

Colorado School of Mines
Golden, CO

12 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#1 Best Quality In CO

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

Colorado School of Mines is one of the most popular schools in the country for getting a doctor's degree in geological and earth sciences. Located in the suburb of Golden, Mines is a public school with a moderately-sized student population. You also may be intersted to know that the school ranks #1 in quality for doctor's degrees in geological and earth sciences in Colorado.

There were approximately 12 geological and earth sciences students who graduated with this degree at Mines in the most recent data year.

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University of Colorado Boulder
Boulder, CO

9 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#2 Best Quality In CO

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

Every student pursuing a degree in a doctor's degree in geological and earth sciences has to check out University of Colorado Boulder. CU - Boulder is a fairly large public university located in the city of Boulder. You also may be intersted to know that the school ranks #2 in quality for doctor's degrees in geological and earth sciences in Colorado.

There were about 9 geological and earth sciences students who graduated with this degree at CU - Boulder in the most recent data year.

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Colorado State University - Fort Collins
Fort Collins, CO

6 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#3 Best Quality In CO

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

Any student who is interested in a doctor's degree in geological and earth sciences has to check out Colorado State University - Fort Collins. Colorado State is a very large public university located in the city of Fort Collins. This isn't the only ranking where the school placed. It's also #3 in quality for doctor's degrees in geological and earth sciences in Colorado.

There were about 6 geological and earth sciences students who graduated with this degree at Colorado State in the most recent year we have data available.

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Best Geological & Earth Sciences Colleges in the Rocky Mountains Region

Explore all the Most Popular Geological & Earth Sciences Schools in the Rocky Mountains Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Utah	91	10
Idaho	47	7
Montana	34	1
Wyoming	32	3

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Geological & Earth Sciences Related Rankings by Major

One of 8 majors within the Physical Sciences area of study, Geological & Earth Sciences has other similar majors worth exploring.

Geology Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
Geology & Earth Sciences	12
Geophysics & Seismology	11
Hydrology & Water Resources Science	3
Geochemistry	1

Most Popular Majors Related to Geology

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Chemistry	63
Physics	52
Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology	20
Astronomy & Astrophysics	11
Materials Sciences	2

Notes and References

• 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Kelvinsong. More about our data sources and methodologies.