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2023 Most Popular Geological & Earth Sciences Schools in Rhode Island

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$39,625 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Geological & Earth Sciences School for You

In 2020-2021, 42 degrees and certificates were awarded to geological and earth sciences students who went to a Rhode Island college or university. This makes it the #30 most popular major in the state.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

The Most Popular Geological & Earth Sciences Schools in Rhode Island ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Rhode Island to see which programs were the most popular 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 colleges and universities below are the most popular for geology majors pursuing a .

Our 2023 rankings named University of Rhode Island the most popular school in Rhode Island for geological and earth sciences students. URI is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Kingston.

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#2

Brown University

Providence, RI

The excellent programs at Brown University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best geological and earth sciences schools in Rhode Island. Located in the medium-sized city of Providence, Brown is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

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Best Geological & Earth Sciences Colleges in the New England Region

Explore all the Most Popular Geological & Earth Sciences Colleges in the New England Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 36
Connecticut 27
New Hampshire 25
Maine 10
Vermont 3

Geological & Earth Sciences is one of 8 different types of programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Geology

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 2 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.

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