How do I find good schools for geophysics?

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<p>How do I find good schools for geophysics? A lot of search sites I've been to are crap and don't work.</p>

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<p><a href="http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/grad/rankings/phdsci/brief/geosp1_brief.php%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/grad/rankings/phdsci/brief/geosp1_brief.php&lt;/a> (their grad school rankings, but they give you an idea of the dept. in general)</p>

<p><a href="http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/college/majors/brief/major_40-0603_brief.php%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/college/majors/brief/major_40-0603_brief.php&lt;/a> (all schools that offer geophysics)</p>

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<p>The complete USNWR ranking of Geophysics and Seismology graduate programs:</p>

<ol>
<li> California Institute of Technology<br></li>
<li> Massachusetts Institute of Technology<br></li>
<li> Stanford University </li>
<li> University of California–Berkeley<br></li>
<li> University of California–San Diego<br></li>
<li> Columbia University </li>
<li> Harvard University</li>
<li> University of Texas–Austin<br></li>
<li> Princeton University</li>
<li>Colorado School of Mines<br></li>
<li>University of California–Los Angeles<br></li>
<li> Brown University</li>
<li> University of Arizona<br></li>
<li> University of Southern California<br></li>
<li> University of Washington<br></li>
<li> Yale University</li>
<li> Cornell University</li>
<li> Pennsylvania State University–University Park<br></li>
<li> Northwestern University</li>
<li> University of California–Santa Cruz<br></li>
<li> University of Michigan–Ann Arbor<br></li>
<li> Washington University in St. Louis</li>
</ol>