North America's best Earth science / Geoscience / Geophysics universities [Rankings]

Below is a list of best universities in North America ranked based on their research performance in Earth science and Geophysics. A graph of 34.6M citations received by 870K academic papers made by 689 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. Stanford University

United States | California

For Earth science and Geophysics

#1 in the United States

#1 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 4%
Average SAT: 1545
Average ACT: 35
Net Price: $17,998

2. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

United States | Massachusetts

For Earth science and Geophysics

#2 in the United States

#2 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 5%
Average SAT: 1545
Average ACT: 35
Net Price: $21,519

3. California Institute of Technology

United States | California

For Earth science and Geophysics

#3 in the United States

#3 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 3%
Net Price: $23,397
Receiving Aid: 68%
Average Aid: $60,201

4. University of Washington - Seattle

United States | Washington

For Earth science and Geophysics

#4 in the United States

#6 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 43%
Receiving Aid: 55%
Average Aid: $14,390
Enrollment: 55,620

5. University of California - Berkeley

United States | California

For Earth science and Geophysics

#5 in the United States

#7 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Receiving Aid: 61%
Average Aid: $25,951
Enrollment: 45,699

6. University of Texas at Austin

United States | Texas

For Earth science and Geophysics

#6 in the United States

#10 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 29%
Average SAT: 1360
Average ACT: 30
Receiving Aid: 69%

7. University of Colorado Boulder

United States | Colorado

For Earth science and Geophysics

#7 in the United States

#11 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 83%
Average SAT: 1325
Average ACT: 31
Receiving Aid: 66%

8. University of California - Los Angeles

United States | California

For Earth science and Geophysics

#8 in the United States

#12 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 9%
Receiving Aid: 60%
Average Aid: $22,441
Enrollment: 46,678

9. Columbia University

United States | New York State

For Earth science and Geophysics

#9 in the United States

#13 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 4%
Average SAT: 1530
Average ACT: 35
Net Price: $20,869

10. University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

United States | Michigan

For Earth science and Geophysics

#10 in the United States

#14 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Average SAT: 1440
Average ACT: 33
Receiving Aid: 66%

11. Pennsylvania State University

United States | Pennsylvania

For Earth science and Geophysics

#11 in the United States

#15 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 54%
Average SAT: 1310
Average ACT: 30
Receiving Aid: 66%

12. Harvard University

United States | Massachusetts

For Earth science and Geophysics

#12 in the United States

#21 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 3%
Average SAT: 1540
Average ACT: 35
Net Price: $17,900

13. University of Arizona

United States | Arizona

For Earth science and Geophysics

#13 in the United States

#23 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 86%
Average SAT: 1290
Average ACT: 26
Receiving Aid: 98%

14. University of California-San Diego

United States | California

For Earth science and Geophysics

#14 in the United States

#25 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Receiving Aid: 70%
Average Aid: $24,176
Enrollment: 42,376

15. University of British Columbia

Canada | British Columbia

For Earth science and Geophysics

#1 in Canada

#26 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 52%
Enrollment: 71,201
Founded: 1908

16. University of Alberta

Canada | Alberta

For Earth science and Geophysics

#2 in Canada

#27 in the World

Enrollment: 31,185
Founded: 1908

17. Cornell University

United States | New York State

For Earth science and Geophysics

#15 in the United States

#28 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Average SAT: 1520
Average ACT: 34
Net Price: $26,455

18. University of Wisconsin - Madison

United States | Wisconsin

For Earth science and Geophysics

#16 in the United States

#29 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 43%
Average SAT: 1435
Average ACT: 30
Receiving Aid: 60%

19. University of Utah

United States | Utah

For Earth science and Geophysics

#17 in the United States

#30 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 87%
Average SAT: 1289
Average ACT: 26
Receiving Aid: 79%

20. University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

United States | Illinois

For Earth science and Geophysics

#18 in the United States

#33 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 44%
Average SAT: 1390
Average ACT: 32
Receiving Aid: 61%

21. University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

United States | Minnesota

For Earth science and Geophysics

#19 in the United States

#34 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Average SAT: 1395
Average ACT: 29
Receiving Aid: 81%

22. University of Toronto

Canada | Ontario

For Earth science and Geophysics

#3 in Canada

#35 in the World

Enrollment: 27,651
Founded: 1827

23. Texas A&M University - College Station

United States | Texas

For Earth science and Geophysics

#20 in the United States

#43 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 63%
Average SAT: 1260
Average ACT: 28
Receiving Aid: 77%

24. Oregon State University

United States | Oregon

For Earth science and Geophysics

#21 in the United States

#44 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 79%
Receiving Aid: 92%
Average Aid: $9,922
Enrollment: 35,622

25. University of Southern California

United States | California

For Earth science and Geophysics

#22 in the United States

#48 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Average SAT: 1495
Average ACT: 34
Net Price: $41,496

26. University of California - Santa Barbara

United States | California

For Earth science and Geophysics

#23 in the United States

#49 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 28%
Receiving Aid: 58%
Average Aid: $21,732
Enrollment: 26,068

27. Purdue University

United States | Indiana

For Earth science and Geophysics

#24 in the United States

#51 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Average SAT: 1325
Average ACT: 31
Receiving Aid: 60%

28. University of Maryland - College Park

United States | Maryland

For Earth science and Geophysics

#25 in the United States

#52 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Average SAT: 1445
Average ACT: 34
Receiving Aid: 65%

29. Ohio State University

United States | Ohio

For Earth science and Geophysics

#26 in the United States

#53 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Average SAT: 1405
Average ACT: 31
Receiving Aid: 75%

30. Princeton University

United States | New Jersey

For Earth science and Geophysics

#27 in the United States

#62 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 4%
Average SAT: 1540
Average ACT: 35
Net Price: $19,811

31. Yale University

United States | Connecticut

For Earth science and Geophysics

#28 in the United States

#64 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 5%
Average SAT: 1540
Average ACT: 34
Net Price: $26,044

32. University of California - Davis

United States | California

For Earth science and Geophysics

#29 in the United States

#65 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 42%
Receiving Aid: 58%
Average Aid: $21,258
Enrollment: 39,707

33. Arizona State University - Tempe

United States | Arizona

For Earth science and Geophysics

#30 in the United States

#69 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 90%
Receiving Aid: 93%
Average Aid: $11,992
Enrollment: 79,593

34. University of Alaska Fairbanks

United States | Alaska

For Earth science and Geophysics

#31 in the United States

#70 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 100%
Receiving Aid: 89%
Average Aid: $10,102
Enrollment: 6,640

35. Georgia Institute of Technology

United States | Georgia

For Earth science and Geophysics

#32 in the United States

#78 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 16%
Average SAT: 1430
Average ACT: 31
Receiving Aid: 73%

36. Colorado State University - Fort Collins

United States | Colorado

For Earth science and Geophysics

#33 in the United States

#79 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 90%
Receiving Aid: 74%
Average Aid: $10,554
Enrollment: 33,500

37. McGill University

Canada | Quebec State

For Earth science and Geophysics

#4 in Canada

#86 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 46%
Enrollment: 37,888
Founded: 1821

38. University of Calgary

Canada | Alberta

For Earth science and Geophysics

#5 in Canada

#88 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 55%
Enrollment: 33,000
Founded: 1966

39. Rutgers University - New Brunswick

United States | New Jersey

For Earth science and Geophysics

#34 in the United States

#90 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 65%
Average SAT: 1375
Average ACT: 31
Receiving Aid: 71%

40. University of Florida

United States | Florida

For Earth science and Geophysics

#35 in the United States

#91 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 24%
Average SAT: 1390
Average ACT: 31
Receiving Aid: 92%

41. Johns Hopkins University

United States | Maryland

For Earth science and Geophysics

#36 in the United States

#92 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Average SAT: 1555
Average ACT: 35
Net Price: $22,844

42. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

United States | Virginia

For Earth science and Geophysics

#37 in the United States

#99 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 57%
Average SAT: 1330
Average ACT: 30
Receiving Aid: 69%

43. University of California - Santa Cruz

United States | California

For Earth science and Geophysics

#38 in the United States

#100 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 63%
Receiving Aid: 71%
Average Aid: $21,564
Enrollment: 19,764

44. Brown University

United States | Rhode Island

For Earth science and Geophysics

#39 in the United States

#108 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 5%
Average SAT: 1535
Average ACT: 35
Net Price: $26,608

45. Northwestern University

United States | Illinois

For Earth science and Geophysics

#40 in the United States

#110 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 7%
Average SAT: 1525
Average ACT: 34
Net Price: $23,341

46. Western University

Canada | Ontario

For Earth science and Geophysics

#6 in Canada

#112 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Enrollment: 21,836
Founded: 1878

47. North Carolina State University at Raleigh

United States | North Carolina

For Earth science and Geophysics

#41 in the United States

#117 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Average SAT: 1380
Average ACT: 30
Receiving Aid: 68%

48. Rice University

United States | Texas

For Earth science and Geophysics

#42 in the United States

#119 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Average SAT: 1535
Average ACT: 35
Net Price: $20,587

49. Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College

United States | Louisiana

For Earth science and Geophysics

#43 in the United States

#120 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 74%
Average SAT: 1240
Average ACT: 27
Receiving Aid: 93%

50. Colorado School of Mines

United States | Colorado

For Earth science and Geophysics

#44 in the United States

#121 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Average SAT: 1395
Average ACT: 31
Receiving Aid: 97%

51. University of Chicago

United States | Illinois

For Earth science and Geophysics

#45 in the United States

#128 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 5%
Average SAT: 1540
Average ACT: 35
Net Price: $27,979

52. Boston University

United States | Massachusetts

For Earth science and Geophysics

#46 in the United States

#139 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Average SAT: 1460
Average ACT: 33
Net Price: $27,551

53. University of Saskatchewan

Canada | Saskatchewan

For Earth science and Geophysics

#7 in Canada

#142 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Enrollment: 20,953
Founded: 1907

54. University of California - Irvine

United States | California

For Earth science and Geophysics

#47 in the United States

#145 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 26%
Receiving Aid: 71%
Average Aid: $21,533
Enrollment: 36,582

55. University of Houston

United States | Texas

For Earth science and Geophysics

#48 in the United States

#150 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Average SAT: 1240
Average ACT: 26
Receiving Aid: 83%

56. University of Waterloo

Canada | Ontario

For Earth science and Geophysics

#8 in Canada

#158 in the World

Founded: 1957

57. Iowa State University

United States | Iowa State

For Earth science and Geophysics

#49 in the United States

#160 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 89%
Average SAT: 1230
Average ACT: 25
Receiving Aid: 89%

58. University of Iowa

United States | Iowa State

For Earth science and Geophysics

#50 in the United States

#161 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 85%
Average SAT: 1225
Average ACT: 25
Receiving Aid: 88%

59. University of Kansas

United States | Kansas State

For Earth science and Geophysics

#51 in the United States

#163 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 88%
Average SAT: 1170
Average ACT: 24
Receiving Aid: 93%

60. Michigan State University

United States | Michigan

For Earth science and Geophysics

#52 in the United States

#169 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 84%
Average SAT: 1250
Average ACT: 29
Receiving Aid: 97%

61. University of Delaware

United States | Delaware

For Earth science and Geophysics

#53 in the United States

#170 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 65%
Average SAT: 1280
Average ACT: 29
Receiving Aid: 92%

62. Stony Brook University

United States | New York State

For Earth science and Geophysics

#54 in the United States

#171 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 49%
Average SAT: 1405
Average ACT: 31
Receiving Aid: 89%

63. Dalhousie University

Canada | Nova Scotia

For Earth science and Geophysics

#9 in Canada

#172 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 82%
Enrollment: 30,867
Founded: 1818

64. Queen's University

Canada | Ontario

For Earth science and Geophysics

#10 in Canada

#173 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 64%
Enrollment: 30,386
Founded: 1841

65. University of Hawaii at Manoa

United States | Hawaii

For Earth science and Geophysics

#55 in the United States

#176 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Average SAT: 1130
Average ACT: 24
Receiving Aid: 79%

66. Duke University

United States | North Carolina

For Earth science and Geophysics

#56 in the United States

#178 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 7%
Average SAT: 1540
Average ACT: 35
Net Price: $23,422

67. University of South Carolina - Columbia

United States | South Carolina

For Earth science and Geophysics

#57 in the United States

#185 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 61%
Average SAT: 1280
Average ACT: 29
Receiving Aid: 95%

68. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

United States | North Carolina

For Earth science and Geophysics

#58 in the United States

#190 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 19%
Average SAT: 1450
Average ACT: 32
Receiving Aid: 58%

69. University of Oklahoma - Norman

United States | Oklahoma State

For Earth science and Geophysics

#59 in the United States

#194 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Average SAT: 1235
Average ACT: 26
Receiving Aid: 99%

70. University of Virginia

United States | Virginia

For Earth science and Geophysics

#60 in the United States

#195 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 17%
Average SAT: 1470
Average ACT: 33
Receiving Aid: 44%

71. University of Oregon

United States | Oregon

For Earth science and Geophysics

#61 in the United States

#201 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 85%
Average SAT: 1245
Average ACT: 26
Receiving Aid: 90%

72. University of Tennessee - Knoxville

United States | Tennessee

For Earth science and Geophysics

#62 in the United States

#202 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 46%
Average SAT: 1265
Average ACT: 28
Receiving Aid: 90%

73. University of Massachusetts - Amherst

United States | Massachusetts

For Earth science and Geophysics

#63 in the United States

#204 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 58%
Average SAT: 1390
Average ACT: 31
Receiving Aid: 87%

74. University of New Mexico

United States | New Mexico

For Earth science and Geophysics

#64 in the United States

#208 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 95%
Average SAT: 1030
Average ACT: 23
Receiving Aid: 100%

75. University of Nevada - Reno

United States | Nevada

For Earth science and Geophysics

#65 in the United States

#210 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 85%
Receiving Aid: 94%
Average Aid: $6,658
Enrollment: 21,778

76. University of Wyoming

United States | Wyoming

For Earth science and Geophysics

#66 in the United States

#214 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 97%
Receiving Aid: 94%
Average Aid: $8,761
Enrollment: 10,913

77. New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology

United States | New Mexico

For Earth science and Geophysics

#67 in the United States

#217 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 54%
Average SAT: 1165
Average ACT: 24
Receiving Aid: 99%

78. Memorial University of Newfoundland

Canada | Newfoundland and Labrador

For Earth science and Geophysics

#11 in Canada

#226 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 1925

79. University of Victoria

Canada | British Columbia

For Earth science and Geophysics

#12 in Canada

#227 in the World

Enrollment: 15,999
Founded: 1963

80. University of Pennsylvania

United States | Pennsylvania

For Earth science and Geophysics

#68 in the United States

#228 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 6%
Average SAT: 1535
Average ACT: 35
Net Price: $26,017

81. University of Rhode Island

United States | Rhode Island

For Earth science and Geophysics

#69 in the United States

#234 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Average SAT: 1150
Average ACT: 29
Receiving Aid: 99%

82. University of Miami

United States | Florida

For Earth science and Geophysics

#70 in the United States

#241 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 19%
Average SAT: 1400
Average ACT: 32
Net Price: $41,028

83. McMaster University

Canada | Ontario

For Earth science and Geophysics

#13 in Canada

#242 in the World

Enrollment: 27,965
Founded: 1887

84. Carleton University

Canada | Ontario

For Earth science and Geophysics

#14 in Canada

#248 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 17%
Enrollment: 9,109
Founded: 1942

85. University of Ottawa

Canada | Ontario

For Earth science and Geophysics

#15 in Canada

#249 in the World

Enrollment: 42,027
Founded: 1848

86. University of New Hampshire

United States | New Hampshire

For Earth science and Geophysics

#71 in the United States

#250 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 87%
Average SAT: 1220
Average ACT: 29
Receiving Aid: 96%

87. University of Texas at Dallas

United States | Texas

For Earth science and Geophysics

#72 in the United States

#253 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 65%
Average SAT: 1290
Average ACT: 29
Receiving Aid: 72%

88. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

United States | New York State

For Earth science and Geophysics

#73 in the United States

#255 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 58%
Average SAT: 1415
Average ACT: 32
Net Price: $35,940

89. Dartmouth College

United States | New Hampshire

For Earth science and Geophysics

#74 in the United States

#257 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 6%
Average SAT: 1535
Average ACT: 34
Net Price: $17,322

90. University of Nebraska - Lincoln

United States | Nebraska

For Earth science and Geophysics

#75 in the United States

#261 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Average SAT: 1210
Average ACT: 25
Receiving Aid: 97%

91. Washington University in St Louis

United States | Missouri

For Earth science and Geophysics

#76 in the United States

#264 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Average SAT: 1535
Average ACT: 34
Net Price: $22,440

92. Utah State University

United States | Utah

For Earth science and Geophysics

#77 in the United States

#267 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 94%
Average SAT: 1180
Average ACT: 24
Receiving Aid: 95%

93. University of California - Riverside

United States | California

For Earth science and Geophysics

#78 in the United States

#269 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 63%
Receiving Aid: 75%
Average Aid: $21,566
Enrollment: 26,426

94. University of Cincinnati

United States | Ohio

For Earth science and Geophysics

#79 in the United States

#271 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 88%
Average SAT: 1255
Average ACT: 27
Receiving Aid: 87%

95. Carnegie Mellon University

United States | Pennsylvania

For Earth science and Geophysics

#80 in the United States

#276 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Average SAT: 1535
Average ACT: 35
Net Price: $32,964

96. University of Georgia

United States | Georgia

For Earth science and Geophysics

#81 in the United States

#278 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 37%
Average SAT: 1275
Average ACT: 29
Receiving Aid: 84%

97. Laval University

Canada | Quebec State

For Earth science and Geophysics

#16 in Canada

#281 in the World

Enrollment: 45,000
Founded: 1852

98. University of Kentucky

United States | Kentucky

For Earth science and Geophysics

#82 in the United States

#283 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 92%
Average SAT: 1185
Average ACT: 25
Receiving Aid: 97%

99. University at Buffalo

United States | New York State

For Earth science and Geophysics

#83 in the United States

#289 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 69%
Average SAT: 1295
Average ACT: 30
Receiving Aid: 86%

100. Florida State University

United States | Florida

For Earth science and Geophysics

#84 in the United States

#290 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Average SAT: 1315
Average ACT: 29
Receiving Aid: 95%

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