Best Universities for Geology in North America

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Below is a list of best universities in North America ranked based on their research performance in Geology. A graph of 250M citations received by 6.03M academic papers made by 1,473 universities in North America 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

#1 in the World
Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1545
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$17,525

2. Stanford University

For Geology

#2 in the World
Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1545
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$25,078

3. University of Washington - Seattle

For Geology

#3 in the World
Acceptance Rate
39%
Receiving Aid
56%
Average Aid
$16,156
Enrollment
56,997

4. University of California - Berkeley

For Geology

#4 in the World
Acceptance Rate
11%
Receiving Aid
63%
Average Aid
$29,608
Enrollment
45,882

5. University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

For Geology

#5 in the World
Acceptance Rate
16%
Average SAT
1445
Average ACT
33
Receiving Aid
69%

6. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

For Geology

#6 in the World
Acceptance Rate
5%
Average SAT
1550
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$20,996

7. Cornell University

For Geology

#7 in the World
Acceptance Rate
9%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$26,361

8. University of Wisconsin - Madison

For Geology

#10 in the World
Acceptance Rate
45%
Average SAT
1450
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
60%

9. University of Toronto

For Geology

#1 in Canada
#11 in the World
Enrollment
102,431
Founded
1827

10. University of California - Los Angeles

For Geology

#13 in the World
Acceptance Rate
9%
Receiving Aid
59%
Average Aid
$25,627
Enrollment
47,335

11. University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

For Geology

#14 in the World
Acceptance Rate
42%
Average SAT
1415
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
64%

12. University of California - Davis

For Geology

#15 in the World
Acceptance Rate
42%
Receiving Aid
65%
Average Aid
$24,591
Enrollment
40,065

13. Pennsylvania State University

For Geology

#16 in the World
Acceptance Rate
61%
Average SAT
1330
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
67%

14. University of British Columbia

For Geology

#2 in Canada
#17 in the World
Acceptance Rate
52%
Enrollment
71,201
Founded
1908

15. University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

For Geology

#18 in the World
Acceptance Rate
80%
Average SAT
1400
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
81%

16. University of California-San Diego

For Geology

#19 in the World
Acceptance Rate
27%
Receiving Aid
66%
Average Aid
$25,757
Enrollment
44,256

17. University of Texas at Austin

For Geology

#21 in the World
Acceptance Rate
27%
Average SAT
1380
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
65%

18. University of Florida

For Geology

#22 in the World
Acceptance Rate
24%
Average SAT
1400
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
94%

19. Columbia University

For Geology

#24 in the World
Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1545
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$22,520

20. Ohio State University

For Geology

#28 in the World
Acceptance Rate
61%
Average SAT
1395
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
80%

21. Yale University

For Geology

#29 in the World
Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1520
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$22,408

22. University of Arizona

For Geology

#30 in the World
Acceptance Rate
86%
Average SAT
1285
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
96%

23. Johns Hopkins University

For Geology

#31 in the World
Acceptance Rate
6%
Average SAT
1545
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$26,017

24. Texas A&M University - College Station

For Geology

#33 in the World
Acceptance Rate
57%
Average SAT
1275
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
74%

25. California Institute of Technology

For Geology

#36 in the World
Acceptance Rate
3%
Net Price
$14,513
Receiving Aid
70%
Average Aid
$72,373

26. University of Colorado Boulder

For Geology

#37 in the World
Acceptance Rate
78%
Average SAT
1335
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
67%

27. Princeton University

For Geology

#39 in the World
Acceptance Rate
5%
Average SAT
1545
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$15,313

28. University of Alberta

For Geology

#3 in Canada
#40 in the World
Enrollment
31,185
Founded
1908

29. University of Maryland - College Park

For Geology

#41 in the World
Acceptance Rate
45%
Average SAT
1465
Average ACT
34
Receiving Aid
67%

30. University of Pennsylvania

For Geology

#44 in the World
Acceptance Rate
5%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$23,570

31. Michigan State University

For Geology

#48 in the World
Acceptance Rate
85%
Average SAT
1270
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
92%

32. Purdue University

For Geology

#51 in the World
Acceptance Rate
50%
Average SAT
1340
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
59%

33. McGill University

For Geology

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

34. Rutgers University - New Brunswick

For Geology

#55 in the World
Acceptance Rate
58%
Average SAT
1405
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
69%

35. Colorado State University - Fort Collins

For Geology

#57 in the World
Acceptance Rate
89%
Receiving Aid
79%
Average Aid
$10,160
Enrollment
34,096

36. University of Southern California

For Geology

#58 in the World
Acceptance Rate
10%
Average SAT
1500
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$43,412

37. Duke University

For Geology

#59 in the World
Acceptance Rate
6%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$21,981

38. University of Chicago

For Geology

#61 in the World
Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1545
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$28,060

39. North Carolina State University at Raleigh

For Geology

#64 in the World
Acceptance Rate
42%
Average SAT
1385
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
69%

40. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

For Geology

#70 in the World
Acceptance Rate
15%
Average SAT
1460
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
59%

41. Oregon State University

For Geology

#71 in the World
Acceptance Rate
77%
Average SAT
1270
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
92%

42. Arizona State University - Tempe

For Geology

#72 in the World
Acceptance Rate
90%
Receiving Aid
93%
Average Aid
$12,172
Enrollment
79,818

43. Georgia Institute of Technology

For Geology

#74 in the World
Acceptance Rate
14%
Average SAT
1455
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
73%

44. University of California - Santa Barbara

For Geology

#75 in the World
Acceptance Rate
33%
Receiving Aid
61%
Average Aid
$24,695
Enrollment
26,133

45. Northwestern University

For Geology

#80 in the World
Acceptance Rate
8%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$26,830

46. University of Utah

For Geology

#82 in the World
Acceptance Rate
86%
Average SAT
1285
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
79%

47. Washington University in St Louis

For Geology

#83 in the World
Acceptance Rate
12%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$22,408

48. University of Georgia

For Geology

#84 in the World
Acceptance Rate
38%
Average SAT
1375
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
89%

49. University of Calgary

For Geology

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

50. New York University

For Geology

#89 in the World
Acceptance Rate
9%
Average SAT
1520
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$30,325

51. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

For Geology

#92 in the World
Acceptance Rate
55%
Average SAT
1365
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
67%

52. Iowa State University

For Geology

#93 in the World
Acceptance Rate
89%
Average SAT
1240
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
89%

53. University of Pittsburgh

For Geology

#98 in the World
Acceptance Rate
58%
Average SAT
1370
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
74%

54. University of California - San Francisco

For Geology

#100 in the World
Acceptance Rate
13%
Enrollment
3,007
Male:Female
36:64
Founded
1864

55. University of Miami

For Geology

#102 in the World
Acceptance Rate
19%
Average SAT
1400
Average ACT
32
Net Price
$45,397

56. University of Iowa

For Geology

#104 in the World
Acceptance Rate
84%
Average SAT
1230
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
90%

57. University of California - Irvine

For Geology

#106 in the World
Acceptance Rate
29%
Receiving Aid
61%
Average Aid
$23,110
Enrollment
37,297

59. Carnegie Mellon University

For Geology

#121 in the World
Acceptance Rate
12%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$35,552

60. Boston University

For Geology

#123 in the World
Acceptance Rate
11%
Average SAT
1475
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$24,420

61. University of Kansas

For Geology

#128 in the World
Acceptance Rate
93%
Average SAT
1185
Average ACT
24
Receiving Aid
94%

62. Western University

For Geology

#7 in Canada
#133 in the World
Acceptance Rate
31%
Enrollment
21,836
Founded
1878

63. McMaster University

For Geology

#8 in Canada
#135 in the World
Enrollment
27,965
Founded
1887

64. University of Tennessee - Knoxville

For Geology

#137 in the World
Acceptance Rate
42%
Average SAT
1285
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
96%

65. University of Massachusetts - Amherst

For Geology

#138 in the World
Acceptance Rate
60%
Average SAT
1405
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
89%

66. University of Guelph

For Geology

#9 in Canada
#145 in the World
Acceptance Rate
68%
Founded
1964

67. Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College

For Geology

#147 in the World
Acceptance Rate
73%
Average SAT
1260
Average ACT
27
Receiving Aid
93%

68. University of Virginia

For Geology

#148 in the World
Acceptance Rate
17%
Average SAT
1475
Average ACT
34
Receiving Aid
57%

69. University of California - Riverside

For Geology

#160 in the World
Acceptance Rate
76%
Receiving Aid
80%
Average Aid
$24,355
Enrollment
26,384

70. Brown University

For Geology

#162 in the World
Acceptance Rate
5%
Average SAT
1545
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$26,256

71. University of Delaware

For Geology

#163 in the World
Acceptance Rate
71%
Average SAT
1280
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
94%

72. University of Nebraska - Lincoln

For Geology

#164 in the World
Acceptance Rate
87%
Average SAT
1214
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
96%

73. University of Oklahoma - Norman

For Geology

#166 in the World
Acceptance Rate
77%
Average SAT
1235
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
99%

74. Dalhousie University

For Geology

#10 in Canada
#169 in the World
Acceptance Rate
82%
Enrollment
30,867
Founded
1818

75. Laval University

For Geology

#11 in Canada
#174 in the World
Enrollment
56,000
Founded
1852

76. Stony Brook University

For Geology

#177 in the World
Acceptance Rate
49%
Average SAT
1415
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
99%

77. Emory University

For Geology

#179 in the World
Acceptance Rate
11%
Average SAT
1510
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$27,303

78. University of Ottawa

For Geology

#12 in Canada
#183 in the World
Enrollment
42,027
Founded
1848

79. University of Kentucky

For Geology

#187 in the World
Acceptance Rate
93%
Average SAT
1180
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
97%

80. University of Illinois at Chicago

For Geology

#188 in the World
Acceptance Rate
77%
Average SAT
1240
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
80%

81. Washington State University

For Geology

#189 in the World
Acceptance Rate
87%
Receiving Aid
89%
Average Aid
$10,886
Enrollment
25,685

82. University of Montreal

For Geology

#13 in Canada
#193 in the World
Acceptance Rate
41%
Enrollment
66,972
Founded
1878

83. University of Hawaii at Manoa

For Geology

#195 in the World
Acceptance Rate
87%
Average SAT
1187
Average ACT
21
Receiving Aid
76%

84. University of California - Santa Cruz

For Geology

#196 in the World
Acceptance Rate
66%
Receiving Aid
64%
Average Aid
$22,774
Enrollment
19,938

85. Queen's University

For Geology

#14 in Canada
#197 in the World
Acceptance Rate
64%
Enrollment
35,612
Founded
1841

86. University of Missouri - Columbia

For Geology

#211 in the World
Acceptance Rate
78%
Average SAT
1240
Average ACT
27
Receiving Aid
97%

87. University of Connecticut

For Geology

#213 in the World
Acceptance Rate
52%
Average SAT
1325
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
88%

88. University of Saskatchewan

For Geology

#15 in Canada
#220 in the World
Acceptance Rate
50%
Enrollment
20,953
Founded
1907

89. University of Rochester

For Geology

#222 in the World
Acceptance Rate
40%
Average SAT
1475
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$40,462

90. Case Western Reserve University

For Geology

#223 in the World
Acceptance Rate
37%
Average SAT
1485
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$44,000

91. University at Buffalo

For Geology

#230 in the World
Acceptance Rate
74%
Average SAT
1295
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
86%

92. Florida State University

For Geology

#234 in the World
Acceptance Rate
24%
Average SAT
1340
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
94%

93. Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science

For Geology

#237 in the World
Acceptance Rate
39%
Net Price
$12,328
Receiving Aid
100%
Average Aid
$2,018

94. Vanderbilt University

For Geology

#238 in the World
Acceptance Rate
6%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$25,186

95. University of Manitoba

For Geology

#16 in Canada
#241 in the World
Acceptance Rate
52%
Enrollment
29,800
Founded
1877

97. Rice University

For Geology

#251 in the World
Acceptance Rate
8%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$23,589

98. Tufts University

For Geology

#252 in the World
Acceptance Rate
11%
Average SAT
1515
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$32,367

99. University of New Mexico

For Geology

#253 in the World
Acceptance Rate
95%
Average SAT
1030
Average ACT
23
Receiving Aid
100%

100. Tulane University of Louisiana

For Geology

#254 in the World
Acceptance Rate
14%
Average SAT
1460
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$47,427