A program that focuses on the scientific study of the physics of solids and its application to the study of the earth and other planets. Includes instruction in gravimetric, seismology, earthquake forecasting, magnetrometry, electrical properties of solid bodies, plate tectonics, active deformation, thermodynamics, remote sensing, geodesy, and laboratory simulations of geological processes.
| A major in Geophysics and Seismology is highly relevant for the following careers. National averages for wages in each career is provided. |
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Top 27
U.S.
Colleges with the
highest percentage
of
Geophysics and Seismology among the 2007-2008
graduating class.
| | University of Chicago
Chicago, IL | 7
(0.6%) |  |  | |
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| | SUNY at Fredonia
Fredonia, NY | 4
(0.4%) |  |  | |
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| | Western Washington University
Bellingham, WA | 7
(0.2%) |  |  | |
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| | Michigan Technological University
Houghton, MI | 2
(0.2%) | | | |
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| | University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
Minneapolis, MN | 11
(0.2%) | | | |
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| | University of Oklahoma Norman Campus
Norman, OK | 6
(0.2%) | | | |
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| | University of California-Berkeley
Berkeley, CA | 6
(0.1%) | | | |
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| | University of Houston
Houston, TX | 4
(0.1%) | | | |
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| | University of California-Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA | 4
(0.1%) | | | |
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| | University of New Orleans
New Orleans, LA | 1
(0.1%) | | | |
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Degrees awarded represents the number of bachelor's degrees awarded among the 2007-2008 graduating class.