2025 Best Geological & Earth Sciences Bachelor's Degree Schools in Massachusetts

If you plan on getting your bachelor's degree in geological & earth sciences, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #80 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Massachusetts to determine which ones were the best for geological & earth sciences students pursuing a bachelor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 86 bachelor's degrees in geological & earth sciences during the 2022-2023 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Early-Career Earnings

One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of bachelor's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their bachelor's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to geological & earth sciences students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of geological & earth sciences students who choose to seek a bachelor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How much debt geological & earth sciences students go into to obtain their bachelor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized geological & earth sciences related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for geological & earth sciences students working on their bachelor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Geological & Earth Sciences Schools

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Geological & Earth Sciences Bachelor's Degree Schools in Massachusetts list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Geological & Earth Sciences in Massachusetts

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in geological & earth sciences.

Top Massachusetts Schools for a Bachelor's in Geology

1

University of Massachusetts Amherst
Amherst, MA

10 Annual Graduates

University of Massachusetts Amherst is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a bachelor's degree in geological & earth sciences. UMass Amherst is a fairly large public university located in the small city of Amherst.More information about a bachelor’s in geological & earth sciences from University of Massachusetts Amherst

2

Williams College
Williamstown, MA

12 Annual Graduates

Williams College is a great choice for students interested in a bachelor's degree in geological & earth sciences. Williams is a small private not-for-profit college located in the town of Williamstown.More information about a bachelor’s in geological & earth sciences from Williams College

Best Geological & Earth Sciences Colleges in the New England Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Connecticut	183	77
New Hampshire	157	110
Rhode Island	157	28
Maine	156	51
Vermont	155	18

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Rankings in Majors Related to Geology

One of 8 majors within the Physical Sciences area of study, Geological & Earth Sciences has other similar majors worth exploring.

Geology Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Geology & Earth Sciences	86

Majors Similar to Geology

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Chemistry	518
Physics	459
Astronomy & Astrophysics	91
Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology	5
General Physical Sciences	3
Other Physical Science	1

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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.