The University of New Mexico

Date: Feb 13 2007
Major: Geography and Geosciences (This Major's Salary over time)
I Studied Geology (Geophysics) to get outdoors while getting in depth sceintific education. The heavy math and science preparation will get you into a technical position. Scientists from top schools are generally better prepared but work in the real world needs just as much soft skills.

So, if you want to be a top scientist UNM may not work very well. However, for the other 95% of the jobs what you put into school and work is what will come out of it.

My UNM BS gave me everything I needed to eventually manage a staff of Ivy league scientists.