Geological and Earth Sciences Geosciences

Instructional content for this group of programs is defined in codes 40.0601 - 40.0699.

Degree Statistics

This program is offered at 489 institutions across the United States, with a total of 23130 degrees awarded annually.

Certificates Below Bachelor's

certificates awarded

Associate Degrees

126

degrees awarded

Bachelor's Degrees

5,022

degrees awarded

Post-Baccalaureate Certificates

certificates awarded

Master's Degrees

1,612

degrees awarded

Doctoral Degrees

780

degrees awarded

Other Awards

15,439

awards given

Top Schools for Geological and Earth Sciences Geosciences

These institutions offer the most degrees in this program, ranked by total annual completions.

Rank	Institution	Degrees
1	Mississippi State University Mississippi State, MS	492
2	Washington State University Pullman, WA	410
3	Texas A & M University-College Station College Station, TX	372
4	University of Washington-Seattle Campus Seattle, WA	354
5	University of California-San Diego La Jolla, CA	312
6	Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus University Park, PA	306
7	The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX	273
8	Southern New Hampshire University Manchester, NH	273
9	University of Arizona Tucson, AZ	271
10	University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus Pittsburgh, PA	261
11	Stanford University Stanford, CA	255
12	University of North Carolina at Charlotte Charlotte, NC	234
13	University of California-Santa Cruz Santa Cruz, CA	225
14	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI	207
15	University of California-Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA	192
16	Columbia University in the City of New York New York, NY	189
17	Georgia State University Atlanta, GA	183
18	University at Buffalo Buffalo, NY	177
19	Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College Baton Rouge, LA	165
20	University of Nevada-Las Vegas Las Vegas, NV	162
21	Missouri State University-Springfield Springfield, MO	161
22	Montana State University Bozeman, MT	159
23	University of Houston Houston, TX	156
24	The University of Tennessee-Knoxville Knoxville, TN	150
25	Western Washington University Bellingham, WA	150
26	Purdue University-Main Campus West Lafayette, IN	150
27	Ohio University-Main Campus Athens, OH	147
28	Colorado School of Mines Golden, CO	147
29	University of South Florida Tampa, FL	144
30	University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT	144
31	University of North Carolina Wilmington Wilmington, NC	138
32	University of California-Irvine Irvine, CA	132
33	University of Rhode Island Kingston, RI	132
34	United States Naval Academy Annapolis, MD	132
35	University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI	129
36	University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus Norman, OK	129
37	Oregon State University Corvallis, OR	129
38	University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN	126
39	University of California-Berkeley Berkeley, CA	126
40	Miami University-Oxford Oxford, OH	123
41	The University of Texas at San Antonio San Antonio, TX	123
42	University of Florida Gainesville, FL	117
43	Ohio State University-Main Campus Columbus, OH	117
44	University of California-Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA	117
45	Colorado State University-Fort Collins Fort Collins, CO	114
46	California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo, CA	114
47	Oklahoma State University-Main Campus Stillwater, OK	111
48	Michigan State University East Lansing, MI	111
49	University of South Carolina-Columbia Columbia, SC	111
50	University of California-Davis Davis, CA	111
51	Portland State University Portland, OR	111
52	University of Colorado Boulder Boulder, CO	108
53	University of Wyoming Laramie, WY	108
54	Western Michigan University Kalamazoo, MI	107
55	University of Nevada-Reno Reno, NV	105
56	Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus Atlanta, GA	105
57	Fort Hays State University Hays, KS	105
58	Florida Atlantic University Boca Raton, FL	102
59	University of Connecticut Storrs, CT	102
60	North Carolina State University at Raleigh Raleigh, NC	102
61	University of Illinois Chicago Chicago, IL	99
62	Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania Bloomsburg, PA	99
63	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC	96
64	Brown University Providence, RI	96
65	Central Washington University Ellensburg, WA	96
66	Montclair State University Montclair, NJ	93
67	University of Hawaii at Manoa Honolulu, HI	93
68	Boise State University Boise, ID	93
69	Kent State University at Kent Kent, OH	93
70	University of Oregon Eugene, OR	93
71	University of Memphis Memphis, TN	90
72	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Blacksburg, VA	90
73	University of New Hampshire-Main Campus Durham, NH	90
74	California State University-Fullerton Fullerton, CA	87
75	Dartmouth College Hanover, NH	87
76	Texas Tech University Lubbock, TX	87
77	University of Southern Mississippi Hattiesburg, MS	87
78	University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez Mayaguez, PR	87
79	University of Miami Coral Gables, FL	87
80	Northern Arizona University Flagstaff, AZ	87
81	Florida State University Tallahassee, FL	87
82	College of Charleston Charleston, SC	84
83	Missouri University of Science and Technology Rolla, MO	84
84	Florida International University Miami, FL	84
85	Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA	84
86	University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire Eau Claire, WI	82
87	George Mason University Fairfax, VA	81
88	California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt Arcata, CA	81
89	Binghamton University Vestal, NY	81
90	Bowling Green State University-Main Campus Bowling Green, OH	81
91	CUNY Brooklyn College Brooklyn, NY	78
92	James Madison University Harrisonburg, VA	78
93	The University of Texas at Dallas Richardson, TX	78
94	University of Maine Orono, ME	78
95	The University of Alabama Tuscaloosa, AL	78
96	East Carolina University Greenville, NC	75
97	Appalachian State University Boone, NC	75
98	University of Iowa Iowa City, IA	75
99	Stony Brook University Stony Brook, NY	75
100	United States Coast Guard Academy New London, CT	75