Best Graduate Earth Sciences Programs in US 2015

Ranked by US News

More US Graduate School Rankings

* Schools within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

Rank School name Score
#1 California Institute of Technology

(Pasadena, CA, US)

4.9
#2 Massachusetts Institute of Technology

(Cambridge, MA, US)

4.8
#3 Stanford University

(Stanford, CA, US)

4.6
#3 University of California—​Berkeley

(Berkeley, CA, US)

4.6
#5 Columbia University

(Palisades, NY, US)

4.5
#6 Pennsylvania State University—​University Park

(University Park, PA, US)

4.4
#7 University of Arizona

(Tucson, AZ, US)

4.3
#8 Harvard University

(Cambridge, MA, US)

4.2
#8 University of Michigan—​Ann Arbor

(Ann Arbor, MI, US)

4.2
#8 University of Texas—​Austin

(Austin, TX, US)

4.2
#11 Princeton University

(Princeton, NJ, US)

4.1
#11 University of Washington

(Seattle, WA, US)

4.1
#13 University of California—​Los Angeles

(Los Angeles, CA, US)

4.0
#13 University of Wisconsin—​Madison

(Madison, WI, US)

4.0
#13 Yale University

(New Haven, CT, US)

4.0
#16 Brown University

(Providence, RI, US)

3.9
#16 Cornell University

(Ithaca, NY, US)

3.9
#16 University of California—​San Diego

(La Jolla, CA, US)

3.9
#16 University of California—​Santa Cruz

(Santa Cruz, CA, US)

3.9
#20 Arizona State University

(Tempe, AZ, US)

3.8
#20 University of California—​Davis

(Davis, CA, US)

3.8
#20 University of Chicago

(Chicago, IL, US)

3.8
#23 University of California—​Santa Barbara

(Santa Barbara, CA, US)

3.7
#23 University of Colorado—​Boulder

(Boulder, CO, US)

3.7
#25 Colorado School of Mines

(Golden, CO, US)

3.6
#25 Rice University

(Houston, TX, US)

3.6
#25 University of Minnesota—​Twin Cities

(Minneapolis, MN, US)

3.6
#25 University of Southern California

(Los Angeles, CA, US)

3.6
#25 Washington University in St. Louis

(St. Louis, MO, US)

3.6
#30 Johns Hopkins University

(Baltimore, MD, US)

3.5
#30 Virginia Tech

(Blacksburg, VA, US)

3.5
#32 Texas A&M University—​College Station

(College Station, TX, US)

3.4
#32 University of Maryland—​College Park

(College Park, MD, US)

3.4
#34 Northwestern University

(Evanston, IL, US)

3.3
#34 Ohio State University

(Columbus, OH, US)

3.3
#34 Oregon State University

(Corvallis, OR, US)

3.3
#34 Stony Brook University—​SUNY

(Stony Brook, NY, US)

3.3
#34 University of California—​Irvine

(Irvine, CA, US)

3.3
#34 University of Hawaii—​Manoa

(Honolulu, HI, US)

3.3
#34 University of Illinois—​Urbana-​Champaign

(Urbana, IL, US)

3.3
#34 University of Oregon

(Eugene, OR, US)

3.3
#42 Duke University

(Durham, NC, US)

3.2
#42 Georgia Institute of Technology

(Atlanta, GA, US)

3.2
#42 Indiana University—​Bloomington

(Bloomington, IN, US)

3.2
#42 Purdue University—​West Lafayette

(West Lafayette, IN, US)

3.2
#42 University of Miami

(Coral Gables, FL, US)

3.2
#42 University of Utah

(Salt Lake City, UT, US)

3.2
#42 University of Wyoming

(Laramie, WY, US)

3.2
#49 New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology

(Socorro, NM, US)

3.1
#49 Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey—​Newark

(Newark, NJ, US)

3.1
#49 Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey—​New Brunswick

(Piscataway, NJ, US)

3.1
#49 University of Massachusetts—​Amherst

(Amherst, MA, US)

3.1
#49 University of New Mexico

(Albuquerque, NM, US)

3.1
#54 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

(Troy, NY, US)

3.0
#54 University of Alaska—​Fairbanks

(Fairbanks, AK, US)

3.0
#54 University of California—​Riverside

(Riverside, CA, US)

3.0
#54 University of Florida

(Gainesville, FL, US)

3.0
#54 University of Kansas

(Lawrence, KS, US)

3.0
#54 University of North Carolina—​Chapel Hill

(Chapel Hill, NC, US)

3.0
#60 Dartmouth College

(Hanover, NH, US)

2.9
#60 North Carolina State University

(Raleigh, NC, US)

2.9
#60 University of Oklahoma

(Norman, OK, US)

2.9
#60 University of Rhode Island

(Kingston, RI, US)

2.9
#64 Boston University

(Boston, MA, US)

2.8
#64 Lehigh University

(Bethlehem, PA, US)

2.8
#64 Syracuse University

(Syracuse, NY, US)

2.8
#64 University of Houston

(Houston, TX, US)

2.8
#64 University of Virginia

(Charlottesville, VA, US)

2.8
#69 Louisiana State University—​Baton Rouge

(Baton Rouge, LA, US)

2.7
#69 Southern Methodist University

(Dallas, TX, US)

2.7
#69 University of Delaware

(Newark, DE, US)

2.7
#69 University of Nebraska—​Lincoln

(Lincoln, NE, US)

2.7
#69 University of Nevada—​Reno

(Reno, NV, US)

2.7
#69 University of Rochester

(Rochester, NY, US)

2.7
#69 University of South Florida

(Tampa, FL, US)

2.7
#69 Washington State University

(Pullman, WA, US)

2.7
#77 Binghamton University—​SUNY

(Binghamton, NY, US)

2.6
#77 Colorado State University

(Fort Collins, CO, US)

2.6
#77 Florida State University

(Tallahassee, FL, US)

2.6
#77 Michigan State University

(East Lansing, MI, US)

2.6
#77 Montana State University

(Bozeman, MT, US)

2.6
#77 University of Illinois—​Chicago

(Chicago, IL, US)

2.6
#77 University of Iowa

(Iowa City, IA, US)

2.6
#77 University of New Hampshire

(Durham, NH, US)

2.6
#77 University of Pennsylvania

(Philadelphia, PA, US)

2.6
#77 University of South Carolina

(Columbia, SC, US)

2.6
#77 University of Tennessee—​Knoxville

(Knoxville, TN, US)

2.6
#88 Boise State University

(Boise, ID, US)

2.5
#88 Michigan Technological University

(Houghton, MI, US)

2.5
#88 St. Louis University

(Saint Louis, MO, US)

2.5
#88 Texas Tech University

(Lubbock, TX, US)

2.5
#88 University at Buffalo—​SUNY

(Buffalo, NY, US)

2.5
#88 University of Cincinnati

(Cincinnati, OH, US)

2.5
#88 University of Georgia

(Athens, GA, US)

2.5
#88 University of Maine

(Orono, ME, US)

2.5
#88 University of Missouri

(Columbia, MO, US)

2.5
#88 University of Montana

(Missoula, MT, US)

2.5
#88 University of Nevada—​Las Vegas

(Las Vegas, NV, US)

2.5
#88 University of Notre Dame

(Notre Dame, IN, US)

2.5
#88 University of Pittsburgh

(Pittsburgh, PA, US)

2.5
#88 University of Texas—​El Paso

(El Paso, TX, US)

2.5
#102 CUNY Graduate School and University Center

(New York, NY, US)

2.4
#102 Iowa State University

(Ames, IA, US)

2.4
#102 University of Idaho

(Moscow, ID, US)

2.4
#102 University of Texas—​Dallas

(Richardson, TX, US)

2.4
#106 Baylor University

(Waco, TX, US)

2.3
#106 Florida International University

(Miami, FL, US)

2.3
#106 Miami University

(Oxford, OH, US)

2.3
#106 University of Memphis

(Memphis, TN, US)

2.3
#110 Missouri University of Science & Technology

(Rolla, MO, US)

2.2
#110 University of Tulsa

(Tulsa, OK, US)

2.2
#110 West Virginia University

(Morgantown, WV, US)

2.2
#113 Northern Illinois University

(DeKalb, IL, US)

2.1
#113 University of Alabama

(Tuscaloosa, AL, US)

2.1
#113 University of Kentucky

(Lexington, KY, US)

2.1
#113 Western Michigan University

(Kalamazoo, MI, US)

2.1
#117 University at Albany—​SUNY

(Albany, NY, US)

2.0
#117 University of Arkansas

(Fayetteville, AR, US)

2.0
#117 University of Connecticut

(Storrs, CT, US)

2.0

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