what are the better geology schools?

Question

I'm looking to relocate to a nice school. I just can't find any info. on what is a great geology/earth science school to get a B.S. I'm looking eastwards mostly and there isn't any rankings out there. Any geoscientists out there willing to help?
Brian

Answer 1

Assuming you are looking at schools in the US...



University of Nevada, Reno

Colorado School of Mines

University of Arizona

Fort Lewis College



The best geology schools are in the west as there is better opportuinity for a variety of geology and mapping excercises, especially if you want exposure to mineral deposits. In the east I recommend Bowling Green and Penn State. In Canada, Memorial University and University of Alberta, Edmonton are very good.

Answer 2

Hi Brian I understand that you are looking eastward for your studies.

Although the University of Washington has an Excellent Earth and Space Sciences Department http://www.ess.washington.edu/ and there is also the opportunity to work with NOAA in Marine Geology http://www.ocean.washington.edu/2004/academics/options/mgg/mgg.html



It is defiantly worth looking into. The University has some of the best programs in the world because of the geographical location of the area and that the school works very closely with NOAA and the USGS



Good Luck and hope this helps

Answer 3

East coast: Stonybrook, NYU, Columbia, Yale, Princeton, U. Penn, Penn State, all have well-respected programs.



If you're willing to look in the midwest as well, there are some great Geology programs there: U. of Indiana-Bloomington, Purdue, U. of Chicago, U. of Illinois-Urbana Champagne, U. of Michigan, etc.



I'm sure I'm not remembering all the good programs off the top of my head, but there are a lot of decent ones out there. Any program with a lot of faculty (10+ by Geology standards) is probably successful. You can also pick based on your areas of interest...field studies, environmental, paleo, etc. etc. Feel free to post a follow-up question if you want more info! Good luck.