2022 Most Popular Bachelor's Degree Colleges for Geophysics & Seismology in the New England Region

When it comes to popularity, a bachelor's degree in geophysics and seismology sits in the middle of the road, ranking #540 out of 1137 majors in the country. So, you may have to do some digging around to find quality schools that offer the degree program. This list can help with that.

For its 2022 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in the New England Region to determine which ones were the most popular for geophysics and seismology students pursuing a bachelor's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 6 bachelor's degrees in geophysics and seismology to qualified students.

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Most Popular Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Geophysics & Seismology in the New England Region

The following list ranks the most popular colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in geophysics and seismology.

Most Well Attended Schools for Geophysics Students Working on Their Bachelor's

1

Brown University
Providence, RI

6 Annual Bachelor's Degrees

#1 Most Popular In RI

#1 Best Quality In RI

You'll be surrounded by many like-minded peers at Brown University if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in geophysics and seismology. Located in the medium-sized city of Providence, Brown is a private not-for-profit university with a medium-sized student population. Potential students might also be interested to know that the school ranks #1 in quality for bachelor's degrees in geophysics and seismology in Rhode Island. More information about a bachelor’s in geophysics and seismology from Brown University

2

Boston University
Boston, MA

#1 Most Popular In MA

Every student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in geophysics and seismology has to look into Boston University. Boston U is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Boston. More information about a bachelor’s in geophysics and seismology from Boston University

Best Geophysics & Seismology Colleges by State

Explore the most popular geophysics and seismology colleges for a specific state in the New England Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts	540	2
Rhode Island	298	7

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Geophysics & Seismology Related Rankings by Major

One of 6 majors within the Geological & Earth Sciences area of study, Geophysics & Seismology has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Geophysics

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Geology & Earth Sciences	248
Other Geological & Earth Sciences/Geosciences	88
Chemical & Physical Oceanography	34
Geochemistry	6

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).
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