Geology and Earth Science
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Early Career Income
$73,162
Lifetime Income
$4.14M
Unemployment rate
3.1%
Female share
34.0%
Occupation concentration
45.5%
in top 10 occupations
Remote work share
23.2%
% who double-major
28.4%
BA Graduates from 2024
3,947
-5.2% vs 2023
How Geology and Earth Science compares
Ranked against every other major nationally.
61st
percentile
Lifetime income
Higher than 61% of majors
36th
percentile
Unemployment
Lower unemployment than 36% of majors
51st
percentile
Occupation concentration
More concentrated than 51% of majors
Top occupations
- Environmental Scientists and Geoscientists
- Miscellaneous managers, including funeral service managers and postmasters and mail superintendents
- Postsecondary Teachers
See the Occupations and Industries tabs for full breakdowns, Double Majors for the most common second fields of degree, and Earnings for the trajectory by age, and Trends for degree production over time.
Degree titles included in this major
These detailed majors are included in the statistics for Geology and Earth Science.
- Earth Systems Science
- Environmental Geosciences
- Mathematics and Atmospheric/Oceanic Science
- Geology/Earth Science, General
Based on federal labor and demographic data. Data source & methodology