World's Best Universities
Earth and Marine Sciences
Earth and marine sciences students learn about rivers, seas, earth, and the atmosphere. Students with this degree can pursue careers in environmental protection and environmental restoration. These are the world's top universities for earth and marine sciences. See the methodology.
| Rank | School | Overall Score | Academic Reputation Score | Employer Reputation Score | Citations per Paper Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #7 |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
United States |
87.9 | 99.1 | 90.1 | 78.5 |
| #13 |
Columbia University
United States |
81.4 | 84.5 | 81.9 | 78.8 |
| #18 | 79.3 | 80.8 | 75.5 | 78.9 | |
| #50 | 69.6 | 58.5 | 66.3 | 79.1 | |
| #17 |
University of Edinburgh
United Kingdom |
79.5 | 80.0 | 79.4 | 79.2 |
| #38 |
Pennsylvania State University (Penn State)
United States |
73.2 | 65.4 | 68.7 | 80.4 |
| #22 |
University of Toronto
Canada |
77.7 | 73.1 | 80.4 | 80.8 |
| #28 |
University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin)
United States |
76.4 | 71.7 | 72.4 | 80.9 |
| #48 |
Northwestern University
United States |
70.4 | 55.6 | 76.5 | 81.1 |
| #10 |
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
United States |
84.3 | 87.5 | 85.6 | 81.4 |
| #23 |
Cornell University
United States |
77.5 | 72.3 | 76.4 | 81.9 |
| #8 |
California Institute of Technology (Caltech)
United States |
84.8 | 93.4 | 63.4 | 82.2 |
| #4 |
University of Oxford
United Kingdom |
88.8 | 94.8 | 95.8 | 82.6 |
| #2 |
University of Cambridge
United Kingdom |
91.3 | 100.0 | 98.8 | 82.8 |
| #32 |
Durham University
United Kingdom |
74.4 | 64.5 | 71.3 | 83.0 |
| #6 |
University of California, Berkeley (UCB)
United States |
88.0 | 95.0 | 82.2 | 83.5 |
| #11 |
Yale University
United States |
83.4 | 81.5 | 85.5 | 84.4 |
| #34 |
Brown University
United States |
74.3 | 60.0 | 74.7 | 85.6 |
| #24 |
University of Arizona
United States |
77.4 | 71.2 | 57.4 | 86.3 |
| #31 |
University of California, Santa Cruz
United States |
75.2 | 74.9 | 90.5 | |
| #26 |
Johns Hopkins University
United States |
76.7 | 60.1 | 72.3 | 90.8 |
| #1 |
Harvard University
United States |
93.9 | 94.8 | 100.0 | 92.0 |
| #3 |
Princeton University
United States |
89.0 | 84.1 | 85.0 | 93.7 |
| #25 |
University of Pennsylvania (UPenn)
United States |
76.8 | 53.4 | 75.1 | 95.8 |
| #5 |
University of Chicago
United States |
88.2 | 74.7 | 83.5 | 100.0 |














