2022 Most Popular Bachelor's Degree Colleges for Geological & Earth Sciences in Arizona

A bachelor's degree in geological and earth sciences is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #66 out of 338 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. As a result, there are many colleges that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

For its 2022 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Arizona to determine which ones were the most popular for geological and earth sciences students pursuing a bachelor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 89 bachelor's degrees in geological and earth sciences during the 2019-2020 academic year.

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Most Popular Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Geological & Earth Sciences in Arizona

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

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

1

University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ

62 Annual Bachelor's Degrees

#1 Best Quality In AZ

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

Every student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in geological and earth sciences has to look into University of Arizona. University of Arizona is a very large public university located in the city of Tucson. This isn't the only ranking where the school placed. It's also #1 in quality for bachelor's degrees in geological and earth sciences in Arizona.

Geological & Earth Sciences bachelor's degree recipients from University of Arizona receive an earnings boost of around $8,200 over the typical earnings of geological and earth sciences majors.

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2

Northern Arizona University
Flagstaff, AZ

27 Annual Bachelor's Degrees

#2 Best Quality In AZ

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

Every student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in geological and earth sciences has to take a look at Northern Arizona University. NAU is a very large public university located in the small city of Flagstaff. You also may be intersted to know that the school ranks #2 in quality for bachelor's degrees in geological and earth sciences in Arizona.

After graduation, geology bachelor's recipients generally earn around $25,900 in the first five years of their career.

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Best Geological & Earth Sciences Colleges in the Southwest Region

Explore all the Most Popular Geological & Earth Sciences Colleges in the Southwest Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Texas	229	621
Oklahoma	192	74
New Mexico	141	34

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Rankings in Majors Related to Geology

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

Geology Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Geology & Earth Sciences	85
Hydrology & Water Resources Science	4

Most Popular Majors Related to Geology

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Chemistry	209
Physics	152
General Physical Sciences	49
Astronomy & Astrophysics	33
Materials Sciences	17
Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology	15
Other Physical Science	12

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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