A program that focuses on the scientific study of the earth; the forces acting upon it; and the behavior of the solids, liquids and gases comprising it. Includes instruction in historical geology, geomorphology, and sedimentology, the chemistry of rocks and soils, stratigraphy, mineralogy, petrology, geostatistics, volcanology, glaciology, geophysical principles, and applications to research and industrial problems.
| A major in Geology/Earth Science, General is highly relevant for the following careers. National averages for wages in each career is provided. |
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Top 15
Massachusetts
Colleges with the
highest percentage
of
Geology/Earth Science, General among the 2007-2008
graduating class.
| | Amherst College
Amherst, MA | 9
(2.0%) |  |  | |
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| | Smith College
Northampton, MA | 11
(1.6%) |  | | |
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| | University of Massachusetts-Boston
Boston, MA | 22
(1.5%) |  |  | |
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| | Mount Holyoke College
South Hadley, MA | 8
(1.5%) | | | |
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| | Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA | 13
(1.1%) | | | |
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| | Harvard University
Cambridge, MA | 13
(0.7%) | |  | |
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| | Wellesley College
Wellesley, MA | 4
(0.7%) | | | |
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| | Williams College
Williamstown, MA | 3
(0.6%) | | | |
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| | Bridgewater State College
Bridgewater, MA | 8
(0.6%) | |  | |
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| | Salem State College
Salem, MA | 6
(0.5%) | | | |
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Degrees awarded represents the number of bachelor's degrees awarded among the 2007-2008 graduating class.