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Earth & Atmospheric Sciences

Plate Tectonics Elite

# ▲ University Location Degrees Accept SAT Male/Female Intl 5-Year Earn
1 California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, CA
Pasadena, CA 3 3% 33% / 67% 0% — —
2 Colorado School of Mines
Golden, CO
Golden, CO — 29% — — — —
3 Columbia University
New York, NY
New York, NY 21 4% 38% / 62% 5% — —
4 Harvard University
Cambridge, MA
Cambridge, MA 6 3% 33% / 67% 0% — —
5 Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA
Cambridge, MA 5 5% 20% / 80% 0% — —
6 Stanford University
Stanford, CA
Stanford, CA 36 4% 25% / 75% 19% — —
7 University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA
Berkeley, CA 13 11% 38% / 62% 0% $65,888 —
8 University of California, San Diego
La Jolla, CA
La Jolla, CA 37 24% 51% / 49% 3% — —
9 University of Colorado Boulder
Boulder, CO
Boulder, CO 40 75% 57% / 43% 5% $61,213 —
10 University of Texas at Austin
Austin, TX
Austin, TX 47 25% 47% / 53% 4% $63,237 —
11 University of Washington
Seattle, WA
Seattle, WA 87 44% 48% / 52% 13% $66,428 —

Ocean Explorers

# ▲ University Location Degrees Accept SAT Male/Female Intl 5-Year Earn
1 Arizona State University
Tempe, AZ
Tempe, AZ 59 88% 39% / 61% 3% $63,966 —
2 Colorado State University - Fort Collins
Fort Collins, CO
Fort Collins, CO 27 82% 63% / 37% 4% $74,863 —
3 Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA
University Park, PA 114 55% 65% / 35% 5% $77,708 —
4 Princeton University
Princeton, NJ
Princeton, NJ 8 4% 50% / 50% 13% — —
5 Texas A&M University - College Station
College Station, TX
College Station, TX 96 47% 49% / 51% 1% $71,043 —
6 University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles, CA 45 9% 27% / 73% 2% — —
7 University of Maryland, College Park
College Park, MD
College Park, MD 26 42% 65% / 35% 0% — —
8 University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor, MI
Ann Arbor, MI 65 15% 37% / 63% 2% $59,332 —
9 Yale University
New Haven, CT
New Haven, CT 11 4% 9% / 91% 9% — —

Core Samplers

# ▲ University Location Degrees Accept SAT Male/Female Intl 5-Year Earn
1 Cornell University
Ithaca, NY
Ithaca, NY 27 7% 52% / 48% 0% — —
2 Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, GA
Atlanta, GA 19 15% 32% / 68% 0% — —
3 Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD
Baltimore, MD 2 5% 50% / 50% 0% — —
4 Oregon State University
Corvallis, OR
Corvallis, OR 46 75% 48% / 52% 4% $64,503 —
5 University of California, Davis
Davis, CA
Davis, CA 34 37% 38% / 62% 6% $58,451 —
6 University of California, Irvine
Irvine, CA
Irvine, CA 42 21% 43% / 57% 2% $63,050 —
7 University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA
Santa Barbara, CA 48 26% 48% / 52% 4% $63,469 —
8 University of California, Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz, CA
Santa Cruz, CA 52 47% 60% / 40% 6% $64,346 —
9 University of Hawaii at Manoa
Honolulu, HI
Honolulu, HI 26 55% 38% / 62% 0% — —
10 University of Wisconsin - Madison
Madison, WI
Madison, WI 26 43% 54% / 46% 4% $76,951 —

Sedimentary Scholars

# ▲ University Location Degrees Accept SAT Male/Female Intl 5-Year Earn
1 Brown University
Providence, RI
Providence, RI 13 5% 77% / 23% 8% — —
2 Duke University
Durham, NC
Durham, NC 6 5% 50% / 50% 0% — —
3 Ohio State University
Columbus, OH
Columbus, OH 40 53% 65% / 35% 3% $54,873 —
4 Purdue University
West Lafayette, IN
West Lafayette, IN 49 50% 43% / 57% 6% — —
5 Rice University
Houston, TX
Houston, TX 2 8% 0% / 100% 0% — —
6 University of Chicago
Chicago, IL
Chicago, IL 6 5% 67% / 33% 0% — —
7 University of Florida
Gainesville, FL
Gainesville, FL 54 23% 26% / 74% 2% $51,143 —
8 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Champaign, IL
Champaign, IL 33 43% 45% / 55% 3% $77,885 —
9 University of Miami
Coral Gables, FL
Coral Gables, FL 20 17% 35% / 65% 0% — —
10 Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA
Blacksburg, VA 60 42% 77% / 23% 0% $63,440 —

Fossil Hunters

# ▲ University Location Degrees Accept SAT Male/Female Intl 5-Year Earn
1 Boston University
Boston, MA
Boston, MA — 13% — — — —
2 Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI
East Lansing, MI 10 65% 60% / 40% 0% $65,048 —
3 Northwestern University
Evanston, IL
Evanston, IL 2 7% 100% / 0% 0% — —
4 University of California, Riverside
Riverside, CA
Riverside, CA 16 66% 50% / 50% 0% — —
5 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC
Chapel Hill, NC 17 16% 24% / 76% 6% — —
6 University of Oklahoma - Norman
Norman, OK
Norman, OK 56 72% 77% / 23% 5% $62,849 —
7 University of Oregon
Eugene, OR
Eugene, OR 18 78% 61% / 39% 0% — —
8 University of South Florida
Tampa, FL
Tampa, FL 28 35% 71% / 29% 7% $59,036 —
9 University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles, CA 2 9% 0% / 100% 0% — —
10 University of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT
Salt Lake City, UT 38 82% 34% / 66% 3% — —

The Strata

# ▲ University Location Degrees Accept SAT Male/Female Intl 5-Year Earn
1 Florida State University
Tallahassee, FL
Tallahassee, FL 46 23% 43% / 57% 2% $60,576 —
2 Iowa State University
Ames, IA
Ames, IA 27 85% 59% / 41% 0% $61,517 —
3 Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, LA
Baton Rouge, LA 48 72% 38% / 63% 0% $73,533 —
4 North Carolina State University
Raleigh, NC
Raleigh, NC 51 40% 49% / 51% 2% — —
5 University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Baltimore, MD
Baltimore, MD — 45% — — — —
6 University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
Philadelphia, PA 14 4% 29% / 71% 0% — —
7 University of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA
Charlottesville, VA — 13% — — — —
8 Washington University in St Louis
Saint Louis, MO
Saint Louis, MO 1 8% 0% / 100% 0% — —