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

a doctor's degree in geological & earth sciences is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #37 out of 306 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. 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 doctor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 40 doctor'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 doctorate graduates during the early years of their career. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their doctor's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.

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 doctor'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 easy is it for geological & earth sciences to pay back their student loans after receiving their doctor's degree.
• 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.

More Ways to Rank Geological & Earth Sciences Schools

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 Massachusetts list to help you make the college decision.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Geological & Earth Sciences in Massachusetts

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

Top Massachusetts Schools for a Doctorate in Geology

1

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA

20 Annual Graduates

Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a great decision for students interested in a doctor's degree in geological & earth sciences. MIT is a large private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Cambridge.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 one of the best schools in the country for getting a doctor's degree in geological & earth sciences. Located in the city of Boston, Boston U is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population.More information about a doctorate in geological & earth sciences from Boston University

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	93	13
Rhode Island	78	11
New Hampshire	47	4
Maine	46	3

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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	27
Chemical & Physical Oceanography	10
Geophysics & Seismology	3

Majors Similar to Geology

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Chemistry	165
Physics	148
Astronomy & Astrophysics	32
Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology	4

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.