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Jackson School Graduate Rankings

U.S. News & World Report Rankings, 2006-07
Earth Sciences Overall
No. 9
Earth Science specialties:
 
Geology
No. 5
Geophysics & Seismology
No. 8
Paleontology
No. 9
Sedimentology / Stratigraphy
No. 1†
Hydrogeology
No. 6†
Tectonics / Structure
No. 6†

*Many disciplines, including Earth Sciences, are only ranked at the graduate level.

† Most recent ranking available. U.S. News did not publish a specialty ranking for this area for 2006-07.

U.S. News & World Report Rankings, 2006-07
Petroleum & Geosystems Engineering
No. 1
Ecology/Evolutionary Biology
No. 8
Chemistry
No. 9
Computer Science
No. 9
Physics
No. 11
Mathematics
No. 15
Law
No. 13
Business
No. 18

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