2025 Best Geological & Earth Sciences Schools in Illinois
3Colleges in Illinois
177Geology Degrees Awarded
$43,196Avg Early-Career Salary
A degree in geological & earth sciences is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #95 out of 395 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.
College Factual looked at 3 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Geological & Earth Sciences Schools in Illinois ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 177 degrees in geological & earth sciences to qualified students.
Choosing a Great Geological & Earth Sciences School
Your choice of geological & earth sciences school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall Geological & Earth Sciences School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that 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.
Pick Your Geological & Earth Sciences Degree Level
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 Schools in Illinois list to help you make the college decision.
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Best Schools for Geological & Earth Sciences in Illinois
The schools below may not offer all types of geology degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Any student who is interested in geological & earth sciences needs to take a look at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. UIUC is a fairly large public university located in the small city of Champaign. A Best Colleges rank of #41 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UIUC is a great university overall.
There were roughly 29 geological & earth sciences students who graduated with this degree at UIUC in the most recent year we have data available. Graduates who receive their degree from the geology program make about $38,867 in their early career salary.
It's difficult to beat University of Illinois at Chicago if you wish to pursue a degree in geological & earth sciences. Located in the large city of Chicago, UIC is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 10th out of 85 schools for overall quality in the state of Illinois.
There were about 21 geological & earth sciences students who graduated with this degree at UIC in the most recent data year. Students who graduate with their degree from the geology program state that they receive average early career wages of $37,280.
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It is difficult to beat Illinois State University if you wish to pursue a degree in geological & earth sciences. Illinois State is a very large public university located in the midsize suburb of Normal. This university ranks 8th out of 85 schools for overall quality in the state of Illinois.
There were about 32 geological & earth sciences students who graduated with this degree at Illinois State 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 geological & earth sciences school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall Geological & Earth Sciences School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
