Best Universities for Geology in the World

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EduRank

Below is a list of best universities in the World ranked based on their research performance in Geology. A graph of 474M citations received by 20M academic papers made by 6,199 universities in the World was used to calculate publications' ratings, which then were adjusted for release dates and added to final scores.

We don't distinguish between undergraduate and graduate programs nor do we adjust for current majors offered. You can find information about granted degrees on a university page but always double-check with the university website.

1. Harvard University

For Geology

Acceptance Rate
3%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$19,491

2. University of California - Berkeley

For Geology

Acceptance Rate
11%
Receiving Aid
60%
Average Aid
$21,669
Enrollment
45,307

3. Stanford University

For Geology

Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$18,279

4. University of Washington - Seattle

For Geology

Acceptance Rate
48%
Receiving Aid
58%
Average Aid
$14,731
Enrollment
52,319

5. University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

For Geology

Acceptance Rate
18%
Average SAT
1440
Average ACT
33
Receiving Aid
74%

6. Cornell University

For Geology

Acceptance Rate
7%
Average SAT
1520
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$26,060

7. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

For Geology

Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1555
Average ACT
36
Net Price
$20,232

9. University of Tokyo

For Geology

#1 in Asia
#1 in Japan
Acceptance Rate
36%
Enrollment
28,218
Founded
1877

10. University of Wisconsin - Madison

For Geology

Acceptance Rate
49%
Average SAT
1425
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
58%

12. University of Toronto

For Geology

#1 in Canada
Enrollment
27,651
Founded
1827

13. University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

For Geology

Acceptance Rate
45%
Average SAT
1415
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
64%

14. University of California - Los Angeles

For Geology

Acceptance Rate
9%
Receiving Aid
57%
Average Aid
$21,766
Enrollment
46,430

15. University of California - Davis

For Geology

Acceptance Rate
37%
Receiving Aid
63%
Average Aid
$20,548
Enrollment
39,679

16. University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

For Geology

Acceptance Rate
75%
Average SAT
1395
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
82%

17. Pennsylvania State University

For Geology

Acceptance Rate
55%
Average SAT
1300
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
68%

18. University of British Columbia

For Geology

#2 in Canada
Acceptance Rate
52%
Enrollment
20,893
Founded
1908

20. University of California-San Diego

For Geology

Acceptance Rate
24%
Receiving Aid
61%
Average Aid
$20,782
Enrollment
42,006

21. University of Florida

For Geology

Acceptance Rate
23%
Average SAT
1395
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
94%

22. University of Texas at Austin

For Geology

Acceptance Rate
31%
Average SAT
1365
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
89%

24. Kyoto University

For Geology

#2 in Asia
#2 in Japan
Acceptance Rate
11%
Enrollment
22,455
Male:Female
76:24
Founded
1897

25. Columbia University

For Geology

Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$22,058

26. Ohio State University

For Geology

Acceptance Rate
53%
Average SAT
1395
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
83%

27. University of Arizona

For Geology

Acceptance Rate
87%
Average SAT
1255
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
98%

29. Tsinghua University

For Geology

#3 in Asia
#1 in China
Enrollment
48,739
Founded
1911

30. Yale University

For Geology

Acceptance Rate
5%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$18,647

31. Johns Hopkins University

For Geology

Acceptance Rate
7%
Average SAT
1545
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$24,034

33. Texas A&M University - College Station

For Geology

Acceptance Rate
63%
Average SAT
1270
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
74%

34. Pierre and Marie Curie University

For Geology

#6 in Europe
#1 in France
Acceptance Rate
20%
Enrollment
35,114
Founded
1150

35. University of Colorado Boulder

For Geology

Acceptance Rate
81%
Average SAT
1275
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
68%

36. University of Alberta

For Geology

#3 in Canada
Enrollment
31,185
Founded
1908

37. Zhejiang University

For Geology

#4 in Asia
#2 in China
Enrollment
60,739
Founded
1897

38. University of Sydney

For Geology

#2 in Oceania
#2 in Australia
Enrollment
63,602
Founded
1850

39. University of Sao Paulo

For Geology

#1 in Brazil
Acceptance Rate
9%
Enrollment
97,964
Founded
1827

40. Princeton University

For Geology

Acceptance Rate
6%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$18,698

41. University of Maryland - College Park

For Geology

Acceptance Rate
45%
Average SAT
1440
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
63%

42. Michigan State University

For Geology

Acceptance Rate
88%
Average SAT
1260
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
94%

43. University of Melbourne

For Geology

#3 in Oceania
#3 in Australia
Acceptance Rate
77%
Enrollment
49,000
Founded
1853

44. University of Pennsylvania

For Geology

Acceptance Rate
7%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$26,123

48. California Institute of Technology

For Geology

Acceptance Rate
3%
Net Price
$20,755
Receiving Aid
71%
Average Aid
$59,192

50. McGill University

For Geology

#4 in Canada
Acceptance Rate
46%
Enrollment
37,888
Founded
1821

51. University of Copenhagen

For Geology

#9 in Europe
#1 in Denmark
Acceptance Rate
37%
Founded
1479

53. Rutgers University - New Brunswick

For Geology

Acceptance Rate
66%
Average SAT
1375
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
70%

54. University of Hong Kong

For Geology

#5 in Asia
#3 in China
Acceptance Rate
17%
Enrollment
21,652
Founded
1911

55. Ghent University

For Geology

#11 in Europe
#2 in Belgium
Enrollment
41,669
Founded
1817

56. Delft University of Technology

For Geology

#12 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
50%
Enrollment
24,703
Founded
1842

57. North Carolina State University at Raleigh

For Geology

Acceptance Rate
47%
Average SAT
1370
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
80%

58. Tohoku University

For Geology

#6 in Asia
#3 in Japan
Acceptance Rate
30%
Enrollment
17,591
Founded
1907

59. University of Southern California

For Geology

Acceptance Rate
12%
Average SAT
1500
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$36,808

61. University of Bristol

For Geology

#13 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
63%
Enrollment
27,513
Founded
1909

62. Peking University

For Geology

#8 in Asia
#4 in China
Enrollment
44,730
Founded
1898

63. Oregon State University

For Geology

Acceptance Rate
83%
Receiving Aid
91%
Average Aid
$9,260
Enrollment
34,292

64. University of California - Santa Barbara

For Geology

Acceptance Rate
26%
Receiving Aid
59%
Average Aid
$20,389
Enrollment
26,420

65. University of Chicago

For Geology

Acceptance Rate
5%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$36,991

66. Colorado State University - Fort Collins

For Geology

Acceptance Rate
91%
Average SAT
1185
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
84%

67. Purdue University

For Geology

Acceptance Rate
53%
Average SAT
1335
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
60%

68. Lund University

For Geology

#14 in Europe
#1 in Sweden
Enrollment
40,000
Founded
1666

69. Georgia Institute of Technology

For Geology

Acceptance Rate
17%
Average SAT
1460
Average ACT
33
Receiving Aid
73%

70. Duke University

For Geology

Acceptance Rate
6%
Average SAT
1530
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$23,694

72. Arizona State University - Tempe

For Geology

Acceptance Rate
90%
Receiving Aid
93%
Average Aid
$12,381
Enrollment
80,065

74. University of Georgia

For Geology

Acceptance Rate
43%
Average SAT
1320
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
94%

75. Shanghai Jiao Tong University

For Geology

#9 in Asia
#5 in China
Enrollment
47,000
Founded
1896

76. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

For Geology

Acceptance Rate
17%
Average SAT
1440
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
59%

78. Seoul National University

For Geology

#10 in Asia
Acceptance Rate
20%
Enrollment
28,378
Founded
1946

79. University of Utah

For Geology

Acceptance Rate
89%
Average SAT
1290
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
99%

80. Iowa State University

For Geology

Acceptance Rate
90%
Average SAT
1220
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
89%

81. Monash University

For Geology

#6 in Oceania
#6 in Australia
Acceptance Rate
73%
Enrollment
78,000
Founded
1958

82. Northwestern University

For Geology

Acceptance Rate
7%
Average SAT
1530
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$22,095

83. Osaka University

For Geology

#11 in Asia
#4 in Japan
Acceptance Rate
13%
Enrollment
23,123
Male:Female
68:32
Founded
1931

84. Washington University in St Louis

For Geology

Acceptance Rate
12%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$23,432

88. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

For Geology

Acceptance Rate
57%
Average SAT
1335
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
71%

90. University of Calgary

For Geology

#5 in Canada
Acceptance Rate
55%
Enrollment
33,000
Founded
1966

91. University of Helsinki

For Geology

#21 in Europe
#1 in Finland
Acceptance Rate
12%
Enrollment
31,312
Founded
1640

93. Technical University of Munich

For Geology

#22 in Europe
#1 in Germany
Acceptance Rate
46%
Enrollment
44,000
Male:Female
63:37
Founded
1868

94. University of California - San Francisco

For Geology

Acceptance Rate
13%
Enrollment
3,140
Male:Female
35:65
Founded
1864

95. New York University

For Geology

Acceptance Rate
12%
Average SAT
1520
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$29,499

97. University of Iowa

For Geology

Acceptance Rate
86%
Average SAT
1235
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
91%

98. University of Miami

For Geology

Acceptance Rate
19%
Average SAT
1395
Average ACT
32
Net Price
$36,467

99. Hokkaido University

For Geology

#13 in Asia
#5 in Japan
Acceptance Rate
27%
Enrollment
17,541
Founded
1918

100. University of Pittsburgh

For Geology

Acceptance Rate
49%
Average SAT
1375
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
87%