Directory of Geology Departments
This list of US schools with geology programs is an informational resource for students considering graduate programs in geology.
Legend:
Institution (Degrees Conferred)
Alabama
- Auburn University (B, M)
- University of Alabama (B, M, D)
- University of North Alabama (B)
- University of South Alabama (B)
Alaska
- University of Alaska Fairbanks (Dept. of Geology and Geophysics) (B, M, D)
- University of Alaska Fairbanks (Dept. of Mining and Geological Engineering) (B, M, D)
Arizona
- Arizona State University (B, M, D)
- Northern Arizona University (B, M)
- University of Arizona (Dept. of Geosciences) (B, M, D)
- University of Arizona (Dept. of Mining and Geological Engineering) (B, M, D)
- University of Arizona (Dept. of Planetary Sciences and Lunar and Planetary Laboratory) (D)
Arkansas
- Arkansas Tech University (B)
- University of Arkansas, Fayetteville (B, M, D)
- University of Arkansas, Little Rock (B)
California
- California Institute of Technology (B, M, D)
- California Lutheran University (B)
- California State University, Bakersfield (B, M)
- California State University, Chico (B, M)
- California State University, Dominguez (B)
- California State University, Fresno (B, M)
- California State University, Fullerton (B)
- California State University, Hayward (B, M)
- California State University, Long Beach (B, M)
- California State University, Los Angeles (B, M)
- California State University, Northridge (B, M)
- California State University, Sacramento (B, M)
- California State University, San Bernardino (B)
- California State University, Stanislaus (B)
- Humboldt State University (B, M)
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory/University of California (B, M, D)
- Loma Linda University (B, M)
- Occidental College (B)
- Pomona College (B)
- University of California, Berkeley (Dept. of Earth and Planetary Science) (B, M, D)
- University of California, Berkeley (Dept. of Materials Science and Mineral Engineering) (B, M, D)
- University of California, Davis (B, M, D)
- University of California, Irvine (D)
- University of California, Los Angeles (B, M, D)
- University of California, Riverside (B, M, D)
- University of California, San Diego - Scripps Institution of Oceanography (B, M, D)
- University of California, Santa Barbara (B, M, D)
- University of California, Santa Cruz (B, M, D)
- University of the Pacific (B)
- University of Southern California (B, M, D)
- San Diego State University (B, M)
- San Francisco State University (B, M)
- San Jose State University (B, M)
- Sonoma State University (B)
- Stanford University (Dept. of Geological Sciences) (B, M, D)
- Stanford University (Dept. of Geophysics) (B, M, D)
- Whittier College (B)
Colorado
- Adams State College (B)
- Colorado College (B)
- Colorado School of Mines (Dept. of Chemistry and Geochemistry) (M, D)
- Colorado School of Mines (Dept. of Geology and Geological Engineering) (B, M, D)
- Colorado School of Mines (Dept. of Geophysics) (B, M, D)
- Colorado School of Mines (Dept. of Mining Engineering) (B, M, D)
- Colorado State University (Dept. of Geosciences) (B, M, D)
- Fort Lewis College (B)
- Mesa State College (B)
- Metropolitan State College of Denver (B)
- University of Colorado at Boulder (B, M, D)
- University of Colorado at Denver (B)
- University of Northern Colorado (B, M)
- Western Colorado University (B)
Connecticut
- Central Connecticut State University (B)
- Eastern Connecticut State University (B)
- Southern Connecticut State University (B)
- Wesleyan University (B, M)
- Yale University (B, D)
Delaware
District of Columbia
Florida
- Florida Atlantic University (B, M)
- Florida International University (B, M, D)
- Florida State University (B, M, D)
- University of Florida (B, M, D)
- University of Miami (Dept. of Geological Sciences) (B)
- University of Miami (Division of Marine Geology & Geophysics) (M, D)
- University of South Florida, Tampa (B, M)
Georgia
- Columbus State University (B)
- Georgia Institute of Technology (B, M, D)
- Georgia Southern University (B)
- Georgia Southwestern State University (B)
- Georgia State University (B, M)
- State University of West Georgia (B)
- University of Georgia (B, M, D)
- Valdosta State University (B)
Hawaii
Idaho
- Boise State University (B, M)
- Idaho State University (B, M)
- Lewis-Clark State College (B)
- University of Idaho (B, M, D)
Illinois
- Augustana College (B)
- Eastern Illinois University (B)
- Illinois State University (B)
- Northeastern Illinois University (B, M)
- Northern Illinois University (B, M, D)
- Northwestern University (B, M, D)
- Olivet Nazarene University (B)
- Southern Illinois University at Carbondale (B, M, D)
- University of Chicago (B, M, D)
- University of Illinois, Chicago (B, M, D)
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (B, M, D)
- Western Illinois University (B)
- Wheaton College (B)
Indiana
- Ball State University (B, M)
- Depauw University (B)
- Earlham College (B)
- Hanover College (B)
- Indiana State University (B, M)
- Indiana University, Bloomington (B, M, D)
- Indiana University Northwest (B)
- Indiana University/Purdue University, Fort Wayne (B)
- Indiana University/Purdue University, Indianapolis (B, M)
- Purdue University (B, M, D)
- University of Notre Dame (B)
- University of Southern Indiana (B)
Iowa
- Cornell College (B)
- Iowa State University of Science and Technology (B, M, D)
- University of Iowa (B, M, D)
- University of Northern Iowa (B)
Kansas
- Emporia State University (B, M)
- Fort Hays State University (B, M)
- Kansas State University (B, M)
- University of Kansas (B, M, D)
- Wichita State University (B, M)
Kentucky
- Eastern Kentucky University (B, M)
- Morehead State University (B)
- Murray State University (B, M)
- Northern Kentucky University (B)
- University of Kentucky (B, M, D)
- University of Louisville (B)
- Western Kentucky University (B)
Louisiana
- Centenary College of Louisiana (B)
- Louisiana State University (B, M, D)
- Tulane University (B, M, D)
- University of Louisiana, Lafayette (B, M)
- University of New Orleans (B, M, D)
Maine
- Bates College (B)
- Bowdoin College (B)
- Colby College (B)
- University of Maine, Orono (B, M, D)
- University of Southern Maine (B)
Maryland
Massachusetts
- Amherst College (B)
- Boston College (B, M)
- Boston University (B, M, D)
- Bridgewater State University (B)
- Fitchburg State University (B)
- Harvard University (B, M, D)
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (B, M, D)
- Mount Holyoke College (B)
- Northeastern University (B)
- Salem State University (B)
- Smith College (B)
- Tufts University (B)
- University of Massachusetts/Amherst (B, M, D)
- University of Massachusetts at Boston/Harbor Campus (B)
- University of Massachusetts/Lowell (B)
- Wellesley College (B)
- Williams College (B)
- Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (Dept. of Geology and Geophysics) (D)
- Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (Dept. of Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry) (M, D)
Michigan
- Adrian College (B)
- Albion College (B)
- Calvin College (B)
- Central Michigan University (B)
- Eastern Michigan University (B)
- Grand Valley State University (B)
- Hope College (B)
- Michigan State University (B, M, D)
- Michigan Technological University (B, M, D)
- University of Michigan (B, M, D)
- University of Michigan - Dearborn (B)
- Wayne State University (B, M)
- Western Michigan University (B, M, D)
Minnesota
- Carleton College (B)
- Gustavus Adolphus College (B)
- Macalester College (B)
- Saint Cloud State University (B)
- University of Minnesota, Duluth (B, M)
- University of Minnesota, Twin Cities (B, M, D)
- Winona State University (B)
Mississippi
- Millsaps College (B)
- Mississippi State University (B, M)
- University of Mississippi (B, M, D)
- University of Southern Mississippi (B, M, D)
Missouri
- University of Central Missouri (B)
- Northwest Missouri State University (B)
- Saint Louis University (B, M, D)
- Missouri State University (formerly Southwest Missouri State Univ.) (B, M)
- University of Missouri, Columbia (B, M, D)
- University of Missouri, Kansas City (B, M)
- Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla (B, M, D)
- Washington University (B, M, D)
Montana
- Montana State University, Bozeman (B, M)
- Montana Tech of the University of Montana - Montana School of Mines (B, M)
- Rocky Mountain College (B)
- University of Montana (B, M, D)
Nebraska
- Chadron State College (B)
- University of Nebraska, Lincoln (B, M, D)
- University of Nebraska, Omaha (B)
Nevada
- University of Nevada, Las Vegas (B, M)
- University of Nevada, Reno - Mackay School of Mines (B, M, D)
New Hampshire
New Jersey
- Kean University of New Jersey (B)
- Montclair State University (B, M)
- Princeton University (B, D)
- Rider University (B)
- Rutgers University, New Brunswick (B, M, D)
- Rutgers University, Newark (B, M)
New Mexico
- Eastern New Mexico University (B)
- New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology (B, M, D)
- New Mexico State University, Las Cruces (B, M)
- University of New Mexico (B, M, D)
New York
- Alfred University (B)
- Brooklyn College (CUNY) (B, M, D)
- City College (CUNY) (B, M)
- Colgate University (B, M)
- Columbia University (Dept. of Earth and Environmental Engineering) (B, M, D)
- Columbia University (Dept. of Earth and Environmental Sciences) (B, M, D)
- Cornell University (B, M, D)
- Hamilton College (B)
- Hartwick College (B)
- Hobart and William Smith Colleges (B)
- Hofstra University (B)
- Hunter College (CUNY) (B, M)
- Long Island University, C.W. Post Campus (B)
- Queens College (CUNY) (B, M, D)
- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (B, M, D)
- Skidmore College (B)
- SUNY, Albany (B, M, D)
- SUNY, Binghamton (B, M, D)
- SUNY, Brockport (B)
- SUNY, Buffalo (B, M)
- SUNY, Cortland (B, M)
- SUNY,Fredonia (B)
- SUNY, Geneseo (B)
- SUNY, New Paltz (B, M)
- SUNY, Oneonta (B, M)
- SUNY, Oswego (B)
- SUNY, Plattsburgh (B)
- SUNY, College at Potsdam (B)
- SUNY, Stony Brook (B, M, D)
- Syracuse University (B, M, D)
- Union College (B)
- University of Rochester (B, M, D)
- Vassar College (B)
- York College (CUNY) (B)
North Carolina
- Appalachian State University (B)
- Duke University (B, M, D)
- East Carolina University (B, M)
- Elizabeth City State University (B)
- Guilford College (B)
- North Carolina Central University (B)
- North Carolina State University (B, M, D)
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (B, M, D)
- University of North Carolina, Charlotte (B)
- University of North Carolina, Wilmington (B, M)
- Western Carolina University (B)
North Dakota
Ohio
- Ashland University (B)
- Bowling Green State University (B, M)
- Case Western Reserve University (B, M, D)
- Central State University (B)
- Cleveland State University (B)
- College of Wooster (B)
- Kent State University (B, M, D)
- Marietta College (B)
- Miami University (B, M, D)
- Mount Union College (B)
- Muskingum College (B)
- Oberlin College (B)
- Ohio State University (B, M, D)
- Ohio University, Athens (B, M)
- Ohio Wesleyan University (B)
- University of Akron (B, M)
- University of Cincinnati (B, M, D)
- University of Dayton (B)
- University of Toledo (B, M)
- Wittenberg University (B)
- Wright State University (B, M)
- Youngstown State University (B)
Oklahoma
Oregon
- Oregon State University (B, M, D)
- Portland State University (B, M, D)
- University of Oregon (B, M, D)
Pennsylvania
- Allegheny College (B)
- Bloomsburg University (B)
- Bryn Mawr College (B, M, D)
- Bucknell University (B)
- California University of Pennsylvania (B)
- Clarion University (B)
- Dickinson College (B)
- Drexel University (Environmental Engineering B, M, D)
- Edinboro University of Pennsylvania (B)
- Franklin & Marshall College (B)
- Indiana University of Pennsylvania (B)
- Juniata College (B)
- Kutztown University of Pennsylvania (B)
- La Salle University (B)
- Lafayette College (B)
- Lehigh University (B, M, D)
- Lock Haven University (B)
- Mansfield University (B)
- Millersville University (B)
- Moravian College (B)
- Pennsylvania State University, Altoona (B)
- Pennsylvania State University, University Park (B, M, D)
- Shippensburg University (B, M)
- Slippery Rock University (B)
- Susquehanna University (B)
- Temple University (B, M, D)
- University of Pennsylvania (B, M, D)
- University of Pittsburgh (B, M, D)
- University of Pittsburgh, Johnstown (B)
- University of Pittsburgh at Bradford (Minor only)
- West Chester University (B, M)
- Wilkes University (minor only)
Rhode Island
South Carolina
- Clemson (B, M)
- College of Charleston (B, M)
- Furman University (B)
- University of South Carolina (B, M, D)
South Dakota
- Black Hills State University (B)
- South Dakota School of Mines & Technology (B, M, D)
- University of South Dakota (B)
Tennessee
- Austin Peay State University (B)
- Middle Tennessee State University (B)
- Sewanee The University of the South (B)
- Tennessee Technological University (B)
- University of Memphis (Dept. of Earth Sciences) (B, M, D)
- University of Memphis (Center for Earthquake Research and Information) (M, D)
- University of Tennessee, Chattanooga (B)
- University of Tennessee, Knoxville (B, M, D)
- Vanderbilt University (B, M)
Texas
- Baylor University (B, M, D)
- Hardin-Simmons University (B)
- Lamar University (B)
- Midwestern State University (B)
- Rice University (B, M, D)
- Sam Houston State University (B)
- Southern Methodist University (B, M, D)
- Stephen F. Austin State University (B, M)
- Sul Ross State University (B, M)
- Tarleton State University (B)
- Texas A&M University (B, M, D)
- Texas A&M University-Commerce (B, M)
- Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi (B, M)
- Texas A&M University-Kingsville (B, M)
- Texas Christian University (B, M)
- Texas Tech University (B, M, D)
- Trinity University (B)
- University of Houston (B, M, D)
- University of Texas, Arlington (B, M)
- University of Texas, Austin (Dept. of Geological Sciences) (B, M, D)
- University of Texas, Austin (Institute for Geophysics) (M, D)
- University of Texas at Dallas (B, M, D)
- University of Texas at El Paso (B, M, D)
- University of Texas of the Permian Basin (B, M)
- University of Texas at San Antonio (B, M)
- West Texas A&M University (B, M)
Utah
- Brigham Young University (B, M)
- Southern Utah University (B)
- University of Utah (Dept. of Geology and Geophysics) (B, M, D)
- University of Utah (Dept. of Mining Engineering) (B, M, D)
- Utah State University (B, M, D)
- Weber State University (B)
Vermont
Virginia
- College of William and Mary (B)
- George Mason University (Department of Environmental Science and Policy) (B, M, D)
- George Mason University (Earth Sciences Department) (B, M)
- James Madison University (B)
- Old Dominion University (B, M)
- Radford University (B)
- University of Virginia (M, D)
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (B, M, D)
- Washington and Lee University (B)
Washington
- Central Washington University (B, M)
- Eastern Washington University (B, M)
- Pacific Lutheran University (B)
- University of Puget Sound (B)
- University of Washington (Earth and Space Sciences) (B, M, D)
- University of Washington (Geophysics Program) (M, D)
- Washington State University (B, M, D)
- Western Washington University (B, M)
- Whitman College (B)
West Virginia
Wisconsin
- Beloit College (B)
- Lawrence University (B)
- Northland College (B)
- Saint Norbert College (B)
- University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire (B)
- University of Wisconsin - Green Bay (Geography Department) (B, M)
- University of Wisconsin - Green Bay (Natural and Applied Sciences) (B, M)
- University of Wisconsin - Madison (B, M, D)
- University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee (B, M, D)
- University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh (B)
- University of Wisconsin - Parkside (B)
- University of Wisconsin - River Falls (B, M)
- University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point (B)
Wyoming