Geophysics and Seismology

STEM • Physical Sciences

What is it about?

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.

Numbers at a glance

659th
Popular nationwide
344
Search Rank on O's List
22
Colleges offer it
177
Graduates (2018-19)
Men
111
Women
66

Trends

Graduates
Popularity Rank

Colleges

Number of Colleges by Type
Median Graduating Class by College Type
Number of Colleges by Size
Top 10 Public by Number of Graduates
Texas A & M University-College Station42
University of Houston29
University of Washington-Seattle Campus18
The University of Texas at Austin12
University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus8
University of California-Berkeley7
University of South Carolina-Columbia7
Western Washington University6
University of California-Los Angeles6
Michigan Technological University3
Average public university graduating class: 11 students.
Top 10 Private by Number of Graduates
Washington University in St Louis9
Brown University6
University of Chicago6
University of Tulsa5
California Institute of Technology3
Southern Methodist University2
Boston University2
Whitman College1
West Virginia Wesleyan College1
Average private university graduating class: 4 students.

O's Insights on Geophysics and Seismology

  • Major has been decreasing in popularity over the last 5 years after being stable prior to that.
  • 80% of graduates come from public universities.

Related Majors

Major Graduates Colleges
Geology/Earth Science, General 5,321 384
Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences, Other 572 56
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