2025 Best Geology & Earth Sciences Schools in the Plains States Region
8Colleges in the Plains States Region
382Geology Degrees Awarded
If you pursue a degree in geology & earth sciences, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #125 most popular program in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 8 schools in the Plains States Region to determine which ones were the best for geology & earth sciences students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 382 degrees in geology & earth sciences to qualified students.
Your choice of geology & earth sciences school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for geology & earth sciences schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
The geology school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Geology & Earth Sciences Schools in the Plains States Region.
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Best Schools for Geology & Earth Sciences in the Plains States Region
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the geology degree levels they offer.
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities is a wonderful decision for students pursuing a degree in geology & earth sciences. UMN Twin Cities is a fairly large public university located in the city of Minneapolis. A Best Colleges rank of #45 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UMN Twin Cities is a great university overall.
There were about 34 geology & earth sciences students who graduated with this degree at UMN Twin Cities in the most recent year we have data available.
Any student who is interested in geology & earth sciences has to check out University of Nebraska - Lincoln. Located in the large city of Lincoln, UNL is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 2nd out of 19 colleges for overall quality in the state of Nebraska.
There were approximately 23 geology & earth sciences students who graduated with this degree at UNL in the most recent year we have data available.
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University of Iowa is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in geology & earth sciences. Located in the small city of Iowa City, Iowa is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #80 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Iowa is a great university overall.
There were roughly 25 geology & earth sciences students who graduated with this degree at Iowa in the most recent data year.
Iowa State University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in geology & earth sciences. Iowa State is a fairly large public university located in the small city of Ames. A Best Colleges rank of #88 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Iowa State is a great university overall.
There were approximately 20 geology & earth sciences students who graduated with this degree at Iowa State in the most recent data year.
Located in the small city of Lawrence, KU is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 1st out of 44 schools for overall quality in the state of Kansas.
There were roughly 21 geology & earth sciences students who graduated with this degree at KU in the most recent data year.
Missouri State is a fairly large public university located in the medium-sized city of Springfield. This university ranks 10th out of 48 colleges for overall quality in the state of Missouri.
There were about 19 geology & earth sciences students who graduated with this degree at Missouri State in the most recent data year.
Located in the midsize city of Columbia, Mizzou is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #131 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Mizzou is a great university overall.
There were approximately 24 geology & earth sciences students who graduated with this degree at Mizzou in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the town of Hays, FHSU is a public university with a large student population. This university ranks 26th out of 44 schools for overall quality in the state of Kansas.
There were about 27 geology & earth sciences students who graduated with this degree at FHSU in the most recent data year.
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).
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Your choice of geology & earth sciences school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for geology & earth sciences schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
