<p>Hey,
Is there anyone who knows the rankings for colleges with the best Earth Science/Geology departments?
I've checked out the usnews site, but they only have the top 4 colleges; I'm really looking for a longer list.</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>I'd suggest that, instead of looking for a ranking, you instead focus on finding out what makes a quality program in geology/earth sciences. That will be the best way to evaluate and compare individual departments. Two good sources of information are:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.careercornerstone.org/geosciences/geosci.htm%5B/url%5D">http://www.careercornerstone.org/geosciences/geosci.htm</a> Sloan Career Cornerstones</p>
<p><a href="http://www.agiweb.org%5B/url%5D">http://www.agiweb.org</a> American Geological Institute</p>
<p>These sites also have some lists of programs in these fields. Another resource to try isthe Environmental Education Directory:
<a href="http://www.enviroeducation.com%5B/url%5D">http://www.enviroeducation.com</a></p>
<p>Next, contact the geology departments of a few schools that interest you, and talk with them about what to look for in a department. Finally, start comparing individual departments and programs, using your OWN ranking criteria based on your individual interests and goals.</p>
<p>Of course, your ranking criteria should also include what you, individually, want/need in a college outside of the geology department -- big/small, location, etc. Majors can and do change, so it's always a good idea to make sure the school you attend is a "fit" in other ways.</p>
<p>Gourman undergraduate ranking for geology/geoscience</p>
<p>Caltech
MIT
Princeton
Columbia
Stanford
Harvard
U Chicago
UCLA
Yale
UC Berkeley
Cornell
Penn State UP
U Texas Austin
U Wisconsin Madison
U Arizona
UC Santa Barbara
Brown
Virginia Tech
SUNY Stony Brook
U Michigan Ann Arbor
Johns Hopkins
Northwestern
U Washington
Indiana U Bloomington
U Minnesota
UC Davis
U Colorado Boulder
U Illinois Champaign-Urbana
USC
Arizona State
UC Santa Cruz
U Miami
U Utah
U Mass Amherst
UNC Chapel Hill
U Oregon
Texas A&M
SUNY Albany
Ohio State
U Kansas
U South Carolina Columbia
U Wyoming
U Cincinnati
U New Mexico
Rice
U Iowa
Louisiana State
Oregon State Columbus
U Hawaii Manoa
Michigan State</p>
<p>Rugg’s Recommendations for geology</p>
<p>Most selective:
Amherst (MA) ……….
Barnard (NY) …….
Bates (ME) ……
Bowdoin (ME) …..
Brown (RI) ……
Ryn Mawr (PA) …
California Inst. Of Tech. …..
California, U. of (Berkeley) ….
Carleton (MN) ……..
Chicago, U. of (IL) ……
Colgate (NY) …..,
Colorado Co. …….
Colorado School of Mines ……..
Columbia (NY) …..
Dartmouth (NH) ……
Franklin & Marshall lPA) ………
Furman (SC) ……….
Geneseo (SUNY) (NY) .,
Harvard (MA) ..,
Lafayette (PA)….
Lehigh (PA) …..
MIT (MA) .,…
Pennsylvania, U. of …..,
Pomona (CA) ….
Princeton (NJ) …….
Rochester, U. of (NY) …..
Skidmore (NY) ….
Smith (MA) ……
Vanderbilt (TN) …
Washington & lee (VA) ,”
Washington U. (MO) …..
Whitman (WA) …..
William & Mary (VA) .. </p>
<p>Very selective:
Albany (SUNY) (NY) …….
Alabama, U. of …….
Allegheny (PA) ….<
Arizona, U. of ..
Beloit (WI) ……
California, U. of (Davis) ……
California, U. of (Santa Barbara)
Centenary College (LA) ……
Colorado State ……….
Colorado, U. of….
Cornell Coll. (lA) ….
Denison (OH) …….
Earlham (IN)….
Guilford (NC) .
Hope (MI) …….
Indiana U. …..
Michigan Tech ..,….
Millsaps (MS) ..,….
Minnesota, U. of …..
New Mexico Inst. Of Mining & Tech. ._
Oklahoma, U. of ……….
Oklahoma State …….,
Purdue (IN) ..,…..
St. Lawrence (NY) …..
St. Thomas (MN) …..,
South Dakota School of Mines ……
Stony Brook (SUNY) (NY) ……
Texas A&M ………….
Texas Christian…….
Texas, U. of (Austin) ….,
Tulsa, U. of (OK) …..
Vermont, U. of …….
Washington, U. of ….,
Wisconsin, U. of …..
Wooster, College of (OH) ……</p>
<p>Thanks everyone.</p>
<p>Do anyone have the usnews ranking?</p>