<p>what are they?</p>
<p>a bunch of people will say preferences which is cool</p>
<p>but does anyone have a list</p>
<p>California Institute of Technology
Columbia University
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Stanford University
University of California-Berkeley
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor</p>
<p>Other good programs:
Brown University
Cornell University
Harvard University
Pennsylvania State University-University Park
Princeton University
University of Arizona
University of California-Los Angeles
University of Calfironia-San Diego
University of Chicago
University of Washington-Seattle
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Yale University</p>
<p>dude, ur from dubai, how did u get htis info?</p>
<p>and what about LACs</p>
<p>
<p>Other good programs: Brown University Cornell University Harvard University Pennsylvania State University-University Park Princeton University University of Arizona University of California-Los Angeles University of Calfironia-San Diego University of Chicago University of Washington-Seattle University of Wisconsin-Madison Yale University
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<p>no UT-Austin? I'm pretty sure it already had a pretty strong program BEFORE it received a $250 million donation - all to the geology school - a few years ago to go world-class.</p>
<p>"dude, ur from dubai, how did u get htis info?" Yeah, weird huh?! Hehe!!! I actually wrote down a bunch of cool sounding schools without giving much thought to your request. Seriously, those universities all have excellent Earth Science/Geology programs. You must obviously sift through them to come up with a list that makes sense to you. And as JWT points out, UT-Austin is also excellent in those fields. </p>
<p>As far as LACs go, I would think the following would have decent Earth Science/Geology programs:</p>
<p>Amherst College
Carleton College
Davidson College
Harvey Mudd College (doesn't offer a major in Geology, but has plenty of offerings in Hydrology, Geochemistry and Geophysics.)
Middlebury College
Swarthmore College
Williams College</p>
<p>That's probably a good starting point. I will share more thoughts with you later.</p>
<p>oaky thanks. well im applying to amherst, middlebury, carleton, colgate, colby, hamilton, vanderbilt, UT, wisconsin ,and William and Mary</p>
<p>Davidson doesn't have a geology program. :eek:</p>
<p>To Alexandre's list of LACs, I would add Hamilton, Bryn Mawr, Franklin & Marshall, Pomona, and Bowdoin.</p>
<p>All of your colleges have great geology programs. UT is particularly strong in paleontology, and William & Mary's program has close ties with Marine Science.</p>
<p>also for earth science, college of the atlantic and connecticut college are well known for the strength of their departments.</p>
<p>university, SAT 75th percentile, total bachelors graduates, number of geology graduates, proportion of geology graduates</p>
<p>from IPEDS</p>
<p>sorted by proportion of geology graduates</p>
<p>California Institute of Technology 1570 217 9 0.0415
Stanford University 1550 1790 46 0.0257
University of California-Santa Cruz 1300 2991 51 0.0171
Brown University 1520 1499 24 0.0160
University of Pittsburgh-Main Campus 1330 3989 41 0.0103
Dartmouth College 1550 1109 11 0.0099
Rice University 1540 748 7 0.0094
University of Washington-Seattle Campus 1310 7287 65 0.0089
College of William and Mary 1440 1472 13 0.0088
Lehigh University 1380 1041 9 0.0086
Princeton University 1560 1145 9 0.0079
Columbia University in the City of New York 1560 1705 13 0.0076
Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1560 1220 7 0.0057
The University of Texas at Austin 1240 8836 49 0.0055
Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus 1430 2512 13 0.0052
University of California-Santa Barbara 1360 4658 24 0.0052
Southern Methodist University 1300 1491 7 0.0047
University of Chicago 1280 1072 5 0.0047
University of California-Davis 1450 5735 26 0.0045
Baylor University 1290 2218 10 0.0045
Case Western Reserve University 1420 705 3 0.0043
University of Miami 1370 2392 10 0.0042
Duke University 1530 1448 6 0.0041
Tulane University of Louisiana 1470 1533 6 0.0039
Texas A & M University 1300 7711 30 0.0039
University of Wisconsin-Madison 1390 6316 24 0.0038
SUNY at Binghamton 1340 2702 10 0.0037
University of Colorado at Boulder 1530 5525 20 0.0036
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University 1290 4835 17 0.0035
Cornell University 1490 3474 12 0.0035
Boston University 1390 3551 12 0.0034
Michigan State University 1240 7733 26 0.0034
Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus 1290 9840 33 0.0034
Harvard University 1580 1807 6 0.0033
Vanderbilt University 1440 1519 5 0.0033
Yale University 1560 1291 4 0.0031
Boston College 1410 2341 7 0.0030
University of California-Riverside 1410 3080 9 0.0029
Purdue University-Main Campus 1260 6270 18 0.0029
Johns Hopkins University 1490 1412 4 0.0028
University of Rochester 1410 1134 3 0.0026
Saint Louis University-Main Campus 1320 1512 4 0.0026
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities 1390 6088 16 0.0026
Syracuse University 1320 2403 5 0.0021
University of California-Berkeley 1435 6767 14 0.0021
University of Georgia 1360 6160 12 0.0019
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor 1350 5880 11 0.0019
University of Connecticut 1280 3816 7 0.0018
University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill 1390 3888 7 0.0018
University of Florida 1230 8417 15 0.0018
University of Iowa 1410 4041 7 0.0017
University of California-Irvine 1280 5242 9 0.0017
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 1420 1173 2 0.0017
George Washington University 1370 2421 4 0.0017
Brigham Young University 1320 6951 11 0.0016
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 1320 6752 10 0.0015
University of Maryland-College Park 1240 6263 9 0.0014
Miami University-Oxford 1320 3759 5 0.0013
University of Delaware 1270 3602 4 0.0011
Ohio State University-Main Campus 1280 8124 9 0.0011
Auburn University Main Campus 1210 3917 4 0.0010
Clemson University 1300 3005 3 0.0010
University of Southern California 1440 4139 4 0.0010</p>
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Davidson doesn't have a geology program.
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And neither does Swarthmore. In theory, a Swarthmore student might be able to major in geology at Bryn Mawr, which does have a good program, but the distance to Bryn Mawr is probably too great to make this approach practical. Haverford students can and do major in geology at Bryn Mawr though.</p>
<p>national liberal arts colleges - proportion of geology graduates </p>
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<p>college, SAT 75th percentile, total bachelors graduates, number of geology graduates, proportion of geology graduates</p>
<p>IPEDS</p>
<p>sorted by the NUMBER of geology graduates</p>
<p>St Lawrence University 1250 434 15 0.0346
Colgate University 1430 690 13 0.0188
Williams College 1520 504 11 0.0218
Whitman College 1440 359 11 0.0306
Colorado College 1380 479 11 0.0230
Smith College 1370 734 10 0.0136
Bates College 1420 517 9 0.0174
The College of Wooster 1330 413 9 0.0218
Millsaps College 1290 276 9 0.0326
Hamilton College 1420 423 9 0.0213
Carleton College 1480 500 8 0.0160
MacAlester College 1450 460 8 0.0174
Franklin and Marshall College 1360 449 8 0.0178
Augustana College 1300 493 8 0.0162
Dickinson College 1370 536 7 0.0131
Beloit College 1300 291 7 0.0241
Juniata College 1260 296 7 0.0236
Wheaton College 1300 592 7 0.0118
Gustavus Adolphus College 1260 716 6 0.0084
Bowdoin College 1460 408 6 0.0147
Hobart William Smith Colleges 1270 425 6 0.0141
Vassar College 1460 670 6 0.0090
Oberlin College 1440 632 5 0.0079
Colby College 1430 484 5 0.0103
Earlham College 1340 226 5 0.0221
Amherst College 1550 409 5 0.0122
Sewanee: The University of the South 1320 292 5 0.0171
Washington and Lee University 1450 463 5 0.0108</p>