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class="black-on-white"><strong>#3</strong></span></p> <p class="lead-paragraph" style="color:white"><strong>in <a href="https://sese.asu.edu/degree/undergraduate/earth-and-space-exploration-geological-and-planetary-sciences-bs" style="color:white">geochemistry</a></strong></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-12 col-md-4 grid-col"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--cp-text paragraph--view-mode--default background-style-"> <div class="paragraph-inner container"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-cp-text field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p style="font-size:60px; padding-left:12px"><span class="black-on-white"><strong>#5</strong></span></p> <p class="lead-paragraph" style="color:white"><strong>in </strong><a href="https://sese.asu.edu/degree/undergraduate/earth-and-environmental-sciences-bs" style="color:white"><strong>environmental sciences</strong></a></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-12 col-md-4 grid-col"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--cp-text paragraph--view-mode--default background-style-"> <div class="paragraph-inner container"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-cp-text field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p style="font-size:60px; padding-left:12px"><span class="black-on-white"><strong>#5</strong></span></p> <p class="lead-paragraph" style="color:white"><strong>in </strong><a style="color:white" href="https://sese.asu.edu/degree/undergraduate/earth-and-space-exploration-geological-and-planetary-sciences-bs"><strong>geology</strong></a></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-12 col-md-4 grid-col"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--cp-text paragraph--view-mode--default background-style-"> <div class="paragraph-inner container"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-cp-text field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p style="font-size:60px; padding-left:12px"><span class="black-on-white"><strong>#12</strong></span></p> <p class="lead-paragraph" style="color:white"><strong>in earth sciences <a href="https://sese.asu.edu/degrees/graduate" style="color:white">graduate education</a> </strong></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-12 col-md-4 grid-col"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--cp-text paragraph--view-mode--default background-style-"> <div class="paragraph-inner container"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-cp-text field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p style="font-size:60px; padding-left:12px"><span class="black-on-white"><strong>25+</strong></span></p> <p class="lead-paragraph" style="color:white"><a href="https://space.asu.edu/" style="color:white"><strong>space missions</strong></a></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-12 col-md-4 grid-col"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--cp-text paragraph--view-mode--default background-style-"> <div class="paragraph-inner 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