2025 Best Geological & Earth Sciences Doctor's Degree Schools in the New England Region

If you plan on getting your doctor's degree in geological & earth sciences, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #37 in the country in terms of popularity. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Geological & Earth Sciences Doctor's Degree Schools in the New England Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 75 doctor's degrees in geological & earth sciences during the 2022-2023 academic year.

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Average Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their doctor's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. That is, everyone wants their doctor's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on geological & earth sciences students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other geological & earth sciences students want to attend this school to pursue a doctor's degree.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How much debt geological & earth sciences students go into to obtain their doctor'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 colleges for geological & earth sciences students working on their doctor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Geological & Earth Sciences Doctor's Degree Schools in the New England Region list to help you make the college decision.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Geological & Earth Sciences in the New England Region

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in geological & earth sciences.

Top New England Region Schools for a Doctorate in Geology

1

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA

20 Annual Graduates

Every student who is interested in a doctor's degree in geological & earth sciences needs to take a look at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Located in the midsize city of Cambridge, MIT is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.More information about a doctorate in geological & earth sciences from Massachusetts Institute of Technology

2

Boston University
Boston, MA

15 Annual Graduates

Boston University is a great choice for individuals pursuing a doctor's degree in geological & earth sciences. Boston U is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Boston.More information about a doctorate in geological & earth sciences from Boston University

Best Geological & Earth Sciences Colleges by State

Explore the best geological & earth sciences schools for a specific state in the New England Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts	153	19
Connecticut	93	13
Rhode Island	78	11
New Hampshire	47	4
Maine	46	3

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Geological & Earth Sciences Related Rankings by Major

Geological & Earth Sciences is one of 8 different types of Physical Sciences programs to choose from.

Geology Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
Geology & Earth Sciences	49
Chemical & Physical Oceanography	23
Geophysics & Seismology	3

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Chemistry	304
Physics	210
Astronomy & Astrophysics	36
Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology	4
Materials Sciences	3

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.