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Most Popular Geological & Earth Sciences Master's Degree Schools in Oregon

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2023 Most Popular Geological & Earth Sciences Master's Degree Schools in Oregon

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Finding the Best Geological & Earth Sciences Master's Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, 43 degrees and certificates were awarded to geological and earth sciences students who went to a Oregon college or university. This makes it the #64 most popular major in the state.

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To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Most Popular Geological & Earth Sciences Master's Degree Schools in Oregon ranking. This report analyzed 4 schools in Oregon to see which ones were the most popular master's degree programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Geological & Earth Sciences program at each school on the list.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Geological & Earth Sciences Master's Degree Colleges.

#1

Oregon State University

Corvallis, OR

Our 2023 rankings named Oregon State University the most popular school in Oregon for geological and earth sciences students working on their master’s degree. Located in the small city of Corvallis, Oregon State is a public college with a very large student population.

Of the 13 students majoring in geology at Oregon State, 31% are male and 69% are female.

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The in-demand master’s degree programs at Portland State University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular geological and earth sciences schools in Oregon. Portland State University is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Portland.

Of the 8 students majoring in geology at Portland State University, 63% are male and 38% are female.

Read full report on Geological & Earth Sciences at Portland State University

#3

University of Oregon

Eugene, OR

Out of the 4 schools in Oregon that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Oregon landed the # 3 spot on the list. UO is a very large public school located in the city of Eugene.

Women make up 40% of the geology majors at the school.

Full Geological & Earth Sciences at University of Oregon Report

The in-demand master’s degree programs at Western Oregon University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular geological and earth sciences schools in Oregon. Located in the town of Monmouth, Western Oregon State College is a public college with a small student population.

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State Degrees Awarded
California 339
Washington 57
Nevada 26
Hawaii 24
Alaska 21

One of 8 majors within the area of study, geological and earth sciences has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Chemistry 5,005
Physics 3,727
Materials Sciences 448
Astronomy & Astrophysics 371
Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology 342

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 4 schools only.

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Kelvinsong.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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