Most Popular Schools for General Geology/Earth Science Major & Degree Program

A program that focuses on the scientific study of the earth; the forces acting upon it; and the behavior of the solids, liquids and gases comprising it. Includes instruction in historical geology, geomorphology, and sedimentology, the chemistry of rocks and soils, stratigraphy, mineralogy, petrology, geostatistics, volcanology, glaciology, geophysical principles, and applications to research and industrial problems.

Rank	School Name	Students	% of Total	Total On-Campus Cost
1	Texas A & M University-College Station	145	1%	$29,506
2	Mississippi State University	138	3%	$24,957
3	Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus	134	1%	$36,652
4	University of Houston	85	1%	$23,225
5	Washington State University	79	1%	$27,484
6	The University of Texas at Austin	78	1%	$26,506
7	West Virginia University	70	1%	$23,294
8	University of North Carolina at Charlotte	70	1%	$23,694
9	Texas Tech University	67	1%	$24,472
10	University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus	66	1%	$33,503
11	Columbia University in the City of New York	65	1%	$76,856
12	Montana State University	61	2%	$22,453
13	Western Washington University	59	2%	$24,077
14	University of Washington-Seattle Campus	59	0%	$27,638
15	University of Colorado Boulder	57	1%	$31,044
16	Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania	57	3%	$25,052
17	Colorado State University-Fort Collins	56	1%	$26,231
18	Oklahoma State University-Main Campus	56	1%	$24,105
19	University of Louisiana at Lafayette	55	2%	$25,922
20	University of Arizona	55	1%	$29,217
21	Stanford University	53	1%	$71,587
22	University of California-Irvine	53	1%	$34,261
23	Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College	51	1%	$30,360
24	The University of Texas at San Antonio	50	1%	$23,715
25	University of California-Santa Barbara	49	1%	$36,659
26	University of California-Santa Cruz	49	1%	$36,217
27	Ohio State University-Main Campus	48	0%	$27,367
28	University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus	46	1%	$29,097
29	University at Buffalo	46	1%	$27,758
30	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	45	0%	$30,298
31	Wright State University-Main Campus	43	1%	$25,116
32	University of Wisconsin-Madison	43	0%	$26,025
33	University of South Florida-Main Campus	42	0%	$23,320
34	University of Utah	41	1%	$24,472
35	Michigan State University	41	0%	$28,862
36	Northern Arizona University	40	1%	$27,266
37	California State Polytechnic University-Pomona	40	1%	$28,891
38	University of North Carolina Wilmington	40	1%	$24,982
39	Brigham Young University-Provo	40	1%	$18,776
40	Miami University-Oxford	39	1%	$33,229
41	College of Charleston	39	2%	$30,239
42	San Diego State University	38	0%	$29,318
43	The University of Texas at Dallas	38	0%	$29,286
44	University of Wyoming	38	1%	$19,960
45	University of Oregon	37	1%	$27,366
46	Baylor University	36	1%	$62,527
47	University of Florida	35	0%	$21,211
48	University of Arkansas	34	1%	$25,500
49	The University of Alabama	33	0%	$29,872
50	Purdue University-Main Campus	33	0%	$22,822
51	Georgia State University	33	0%	$26,014
52	West Chester University of Pennsylvania	33	1%	$27,074
53	The University of Texas at Arlington	33	0%	$26,660
54	University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee	33	1%	$24,486
55	The University of Tennessee-Knoxville	32	0%	$31,510
56	University of Kansas	32	1%	$26,566
57	University of Houston-Downtown	32	1%	$7,732
58	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	31	0%	$26,834
59	Kent State University at Kent	31	0%	$25,886
60	Grand Valley State University	31	1%	$24,948
61	Central Washington University	30	1%	$23,201
62	Ohio University-Main Campus	30	0%	$28,986
63	Sam Houston State University	30	1%	$22,478
64	University of California-San Diego	30	0%	$32,838
65	Stephen F Austin State University	29	1%	$22,156
66	George Mason University	29	0%	$30,284
67	University of South Carolina-Columbia	29	0%	$28,301
68	James Madison University	28	1%	$27,356
69	University of Nevada-Las Vegas	28	1%	$24,035
70	The University of Texas at El Paso	28	1%	$23,843
71	California State University-Bakersfield	28	1%	$26,009
72	University of Tulsa	28	2%	$59,725
73	Western Michigan University	28	1%	$26,009
74	University of California-Davis	27	0%	$35,177
75	Boise State University	27	1%	$23,076
76	Carleton College	27	6%	$71,325
77	University of Minnesota-Twin Cities	27	0%	$27,898
78	California State University-Sacramento	27	0%	$26,454
79	University of Akron Main Campus	27	1%	$27,279
80	Florida State University	26	0%	$22,168
81	Montclair State University	26	0%	$31,704
82	Iowa State University	26	0%	$21,186
83	University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire	26	1%	$20,349
84	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	26	0%	$30,102
85	University of California-Los Angeles	26	0%	$34,620
86	East Carolina University	26	0%	$21,672
87	East Tennessee State University	26	1%	$24,068
88	Portland State University	26	0%	$26,085
89	Florida International University	25	0%	$23,506
90	University of New Mexico-Main Campus	25	0%	$22,639
91	North Carolina State University at Raleigh	25	0%	$23,977
92	University of Memphis	24	1%	$25,423
93	University of Georgia	24	0%	$26,688
94	Kansas State University	24	0%	$24,923
95	Southern Illinois University-Carbondale	23	1%	$29,367
96	Indiana University-Bloomington	23	0%	$24,779
97	Auburn University	23	0%	$31,590
98	Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania	23	1%	$25,147
99	University of Kentucky	23	0%	$30,101
100	Appalachian State University	23	0%	$19,194

This list indicates the number of students that completed the Geology/Earth Science, General program at the schools above.
It is not necessarily an indicator of academic rigor or quality of education.
Note that some schools do not have enough data to be ranked, and these schools will not appear in our lists.