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Earth & Atmospheric Sciences

Plate Tectonics Elite

# ▲ University Location Degrees Accept SAT Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employ
1 Caltech
Pasadena, CA
Pasadena, CA 5 4% 60% / 40% 0% $70,252 59 — —
2 Colorado School of Mines
Golden, CO
Golden, CO — 29% — — — — — —
3 Columbia
New York, NY
New York, NY 19 4% 32% / 68% 16% $46,832 4 96% —
4 Harvard
Cambridge, MA
Cambridge, MA 6 4% 33% / 67% 0% $70,051 58 — —
5 MIT
Cambridge, MA
Cambridge, MA 10 5% 20% / 80% 10% $76,560 75 — —
6 Stanford
Palo Alto, CA
Palo Alto, CA 61 4% 36% / 64% 5% $67,304 50 — —
7 U. of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA
Berkeley, CA 28 11% 46% / 54% 4% $66,706 69 98% —
8 U. of California, San Diego
La Jolla, CA
La Jolla, CA 29 29% 38% / 62% 7% $62,567 47 — —
9 U. of Colorado Boulder
Boulder, CO
Boulder, CO 43 71% 58% / 42% 5% $62,763 56 94% —
10 U. of Texas at Austin
Austin, TX
Austin, TX 52 22% 46% / 54% 10% $61,987 52 88% —
11 U. of Washington
Seattle, WA
Seattle, WA 91 42% 64% / 36% 13% $56,273 45 86% —

Ocean Explorers

# ▲ University Location Degrees Accept SAT Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employ
1 Arizona State
Tempe, AZ
Tempe, AZ 74 88% 53% / 47% 5% $61,902 64 96% —
2 Colorado State University - Fort Collins
Fort Collins, CO
Fort Collins, CO 30 82% 67% / 33% 7% $74,773 82 97% —
3 Pennsylvania State
University Park, PA
University Park, PA 107 55% 64% / 36% 2% $77,249 82 94% —
4 Princeton
Princeton, NJ
Princeton, NJ 8 4% 13% / 88% 13% $66,153 48 — —
5 Texas A&M University - College Station
College Station, TX
College Station, TX 100 52% 55% / 45% 0% $72,043 76 93% —
6 UCLA
Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles, CA 19 9% 37% / 63% 5% $68,684 66 90% —
7 U. of Maryland, College Park
College Park, MD
College Park, MD 20 45% 45% / 55% 0% $64,046 63 — —
8 U. of Michigan - Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor, MI
Ann Arbor, MI 71 16% 34% / 66% 8% $56,554 14 91% —
9 Yale
New Haven, CT
New Haven, CT 11 3% 55% / 45% 0% $66,307 37 — —

Core Samplers

# ▲ University Location Degrees Accept SAT Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employ
1 Cornell
Ithaca, NY
Ithaca, NY 16 8% 63% / 38% 19% $65,400 35 — —
2 Georgia Tech
Atlanta, GA
Atlanta, GA 18 13% 50% / 50% 6% $64,799 68 — —
3 Johns Hopkins
Baltimore, MD
Baltimore, MD 3 6% 67% / 33% 0% $68,522 48 — —
4 Oregon State
Corvallis, OR
Corvallis, OR 48 75% 38% / 63% 6% $63,952 66 88% —
5 U. of California, Davis
Davis, CA
Davis, CA 62 46% 48% / 52% 3% $59,774 45 93% —
6 U. of California, Irvine
Irvine, CA
Irvine, CA 42 29% 38% / 62% 0% $62,892 54 97% —
7 U. of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA
Santa Barbara, CA 50 38% 46% / 54% 2% $64,671 58 96% —
8 U. of California, Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz, CA
Santa Cruz, CA 47 82% 57% / 43% 0% $65,242 61 90% —
9 U. of Hawaii at Manoa
Honolulu, HI
Honolulu, HI 25 88% 24% / 76% 4% $55,258 51 — —
10 U. of Wisconsin - Madison
Madison, WI
Madison, WI 33 41% 45% / 55% 6% $61,926 51 99% —

Sedimentary Scholars

# ▲ University Location Degrees Accept SAT Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employ
1 Brown
Providence, RI
Providence, RI 6 6% 33% / 67% 0% $64,848 32 — —
2 Duke
Durham, NC
Durham, NC 8 5% 0% / 100% 13% $66,434 31 — —
3 Ohio State
Columbus, OH
Columbus, OH 31 49% 55% / 45% 0% $56,252 36 95% —
4 Purdue
West Lafayette, IN
West Lafayette, IN 59 43% 58% / 42% 2% $60,219 58 90% —
5 Rice
Houston, TX
Houston, TX 4 8% 50% / 50% 25% $65,281 38 — —
6 U. of Chicago
Chicago, IL
Chicago, IL 7 5% 29% / 71% 29% $69,444 46 — —
7 U. of Florida
Gainesville, FL
Gainesville, FL 58 20% 36% / 64% 0% $55,011 52 95% —
8 U. of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Champaign, IL
Champaign, IL 20 37% 60% / 40% 0% $73,420 77 87% —
9 U. of Miami
Coral Gables, FL
Coral Gables, FL 21 17% 38% / 62% 5% $60,599 32 — —
10 Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA
Blacksburg, VA 70 55% 59% / 41% 0% $65,102 69 96% —

Fossil Hunters

# ▲ University Location Degrees Accept SAT Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employ
1 Boston University
Boston, MA
Boston, MA — 13% — — — — — —
2 Michigan State
East Lansing, MI
East Lansing, MI 11 83% 64% / 36% 9% $61,718 49 100% —
3 Northwestern
Evanston, IL
Evanston, IL 4 7% 50% / 50% 25% $75,454 63 — —
4 U. of California, Riverside
Riverside, CA
Riverside, CA 19 86% 53% / 47% 0% $53,302 29 100% —
5 U. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC
Chapel Hill, NC 14 17% 36% / 64% 0% $61,677 52 — —
6 U. of Oklahoma - Norman
Norman, OK
Norman, OK 64 72% 75% / 25% 2% $66,405 72 96% —
7 U. of Oregon
Eugene, OR
Eugene, OR 22 87% 27% / 73% 0% $49,093 20 100% —
8 U. of South Florida
Tampa, FL
Tampa, FL 17 41% 59% / 41% 18% $59,932 73 91% —
9 U. of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles, CA 12 11% 42% / 58% 17% $61,549 26 — —
10 U. of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT
Salt Lake City, UT 37 82% 62% / 38% 0% $62,373 65 95% —

The Strata

# ▲ University Location Degrees Accept SAT Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employ
1 Florida State
Tallahassee, FL
Tallahassee, FL 36 20% 42% / 58% 0% $64,218 78 100% —
2 Iowa State
Ames, IA
Ames, IA 19 85% 68% / 32% 5% $55,473 47 100% —
3 Louisiana State
Baton Rouge, LA
Baton Rouge, LA 52 71% 31% / 69% 2% $69,249 76 100% —
4 North Carolina State
Raleigh, NC
Raleigh, NC 43 40% 63% / 37% 0% $62,210 63 100% —
5 U. of Maryland, Baltimore County
Baltimore, MD
Baltimore, MD — 45% — — — — — —
6 U. of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
Philadelphia, PA 13 5% 38% / 62% 31% $71,797 59 — —
7 U. of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA
Charlottesville, VA — 13% — — — — — —
8 Washington University in St Louis
Saint Louis, MO
Saint Louis, MO 5 12% 20% / 80% 0% $70,751 49 — —