Best Geology Programs in Texas?

b_r_um
Mon, 06 Jun 2011 21:54:33 +0000

I don’t know very much about geology, but there’s two easy metrics to evaluate the strength of a department.

The first is the number of faculty in the department. More professors = more classes, more resources, more research activity. The number of geology professors at the universities you inquired about:

UT Permian Basin: 5
UT El Paso: 16
University of Houston: 50

The second are US News graduate rankings, which tell you about the reputation of the department in the academic community. (The graduate rankings are solely based on survey responses of faculty in the field.) Here are all of the Texas universities which were ranked in the Earth Science category:

6 UT Austin

25 Rice University

32 Texas A&M - College Station

63 University of Houston

69 Southern Methodist University

89 Texas Tech

89 UT Dallas

89 UT El Paso

108 Baylor University

not ranked: UT Permian Basin

[Best Earth Science Programs | Top Earth Science Schools | US News Best Graduate Schools](http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-science-schools/earth-sciences-rankings)