Bachelor's degree · Physical sciences · CIP 40.06
Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences: earnings and debt by college
The College Scorecard lists 407 colleges that award bachelor's degrees in Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences, together awarding 4,795 of these degrees in the most recent year. At the median institution, graduates who received federal aid earn $45,786 one year after finishing and $63,110 five years after finishing (two separate graduating classes). The median institution's graduates leave with $21,840 in federal student loans.
Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
Compare Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences programs on one chart
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Each dot is one institution's program; branch campuses share their institution's figures and appear as one dot. Dashed lines mark the median for all colleges. Showing 62 of 393; programs missing either value are left out (the Scorecard withholds figures for small programs).
Colleges with a bachelor's in Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences
| Washington State University Pullman · Public | WA | 117 | $42,354 | $56,337 | $18,295 |
| Southern New Hampshire University Manchester · Private nonprofit | NH | 91 | $56,434 | $66,635 | $29,963 |
| University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus Pittsburgh · Public | PA | 85 | $44,191 | $58,686 | $22,000 |
| Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus University Park · Public | PA | 82 | $56,396 | $86,327 | $25,475 |
| Mississippi State University Mississippi State · Public | MS | 79 | $51,776 | $64,554 | $27,000 |
| University of Washington-Seattle Campus Seattle · Public | WA | 69 | $44,247 | $75,598 | $13,757 |
| University of North Carolina at Charlotte Charlotte · Public | NC | 60 | $44,366 | $56,713 | $23,000 |
| University of Arizona Tucson · Public | AZ | 59 | $50,290 | $63,756 | $26,250 |
| University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor · Public | MI | 54 | $42,747 | $66,895 | $20,461 |
| University of California-Santa Cruz Santa Cruz · Public | CA | 52 | $55,437 | $76,175 | $15,000 |
| Texas A&M University-College Station College Station · Public | TX | 51 | $51,208 | $85,174 | $18,625 |
| Western Washington University Bellingham · Public | WA | 50 | $39,479 | $64,927 | $20,550 |
| Montana State University Bozeman · Public | MT | 49 | $46,293 | $60,803 | $24,020 |
| Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College Baton Rouge · Public | LA | 48 | $45,491 | $70,352 | $22,687 |
| University of California-Santa Barbara Santa Barbara · Public | CA | 48 | $41,816 | $76,188 | $13,841 |
| The University of Texas at Austin Austin · Public | TX | 47 | $46,634 | $96,718 | $14,000 |
| Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania Bloomsburg · Public | PA | 43 | $48,259 | $64,835 | $22,625 |
| University of California-Irvine Irvine · Public | CA | 43 | $40,413 | $73,642 | $13,500 |
| Purdue University-Main Campus West Lafayette · Public | IN | 40 | $46,930 | n/a | $14,954 |
| University of Nevada-Las Vegas Las Vegas · Public | NV | 40 | $52,679 | $60,575 | $18,258 |
| United States Naval Academy Annapolis · Public | MD | 38 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Stanford University Stanford · Private nonprofit | CA | 37 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Florida Atlantic University Boca Raton · Public | FL | 35 | n/a | $59,607 | $14,482 |
| University of North Carolina Wilmington Wilmington · Public | NC | 35 | $44,429 | $54,781 | $21,000 |
| North Carolina State University at Raleigh Raleigh · Public | NC | 33 | $39,192 | $67,799 | $20,585 |
| United States Coast Guard Academy New London · Public | CT | 33 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| University at Buffalo Buffalo · Public | NY | 33 | $37,538 | $63,110 | $19,500 |
| California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo · Public | CA | 31 | $47,795 | $78,602 | n/a |
| Oregon State University Corvallis · Public | OR | 30 | n/a | $64,270 | $20,000 |
| Columbia University in the City of New York New York · Private nonprofit | NY | 29 | $26,913 | n/a | n/a |
| Georgia State University Atlanta · Public | GA | 29 | n/a | $61,796 | $28,250 |
| University of Houston Houston · Public | TX | 29 | $46,533 | $75,238 | $19,875 |
| University of Illinois Chicago Chicago · Public | IL | 28 | $38,260 | n/a | $19,688 |
| University of South Florida Tampa · Public | FL | 28 | $42,094 | $57,887 | n/a |
| California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt Arcata · Public | CA | 27 | $40,723 | $55,758 | $20,900 |
| Colorado State University-Fort Collins Fort Collins · Public | CO | 27 | $59,033 | $70,351 | $19,001 |
| College of Charleston Charleston · Public | SC | 26 | n/a | $52,668 | $27,000 |
| University of Utah Salt Lake City · Public | UT | 26 | $61,921 | $63,961 | n/a |
| California State University-Fullerton Fullerton · Public | CA | 25 | $48,818 | $64,859 | $21,249 |
| Dartmouth College Hanover · Private nonprofit | NH | 25 | $52,405 | n/a | n/a |
| Miami University-Oxford Oxford · Public | OH | 25 | $36,808 | $65,047 | $21,000 |
| University of Colorado Boulder Boulder · Public | CO | 25 | $52,384 | $71,582 | $27,000 |
| University of Wyoming Laramie · Public | WY | 25 | $49,294 | $70,026 | $21,680 |
| Ohio State University-Main Campus Columbus · Public | OH | 24 | $48,050 | $59,037 | $20,500 |
| University of Hawaii at Manoa Honolulu · Public | HI | 23 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Appalachian State University Boone · Public | NC | 22 | $48,465 | $64,496 | $18,984 |
| Middle Tennessee State University Murfreesboro · Public | TN | 22 | n/a | $54,667 | n/a |
| Murray State University Murray · Public | KY | 22 | n/a | $50,680 | n/a |
| University of California-San Diego La Jolla · Public | CA | 22 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill · Public | NC | 22 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Quick facts: Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences
- How many colleges offer a bachelor's degree in Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences?
- The College Scorecard lists 407 colleges that award bachelor's degrees in Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences.
- How much do Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences graduates earn?
- Across institutions, the median of graduates' median earnings is $45,786 one year after graduation (73 institutions reporting) and $63,110 five years after graduation (139 institutions reporting). These figures cover graduates who received federal aid and are working and not enrolled in school. Branch campuses share their institution's figures, so each institution counts once.
- Where do Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences graduates earn the most five years after graduation?
- By reported median earnings five years after graduation: The University of Texas at Austin ($96,718), Brigham Young University-Idaho ($89,651), University of California-Berkeley ($88,471), Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus ($86,327), and Texas A&M University-College Station ($85,174).
- How much student debt do Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences graduates have?
- The median institution's Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences graduates leave with $21,840 in federal student loans (68 institutions reporting). Parent PLUS and private loans are not included.
- Which colleges award the most Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences degrees?
- By bachelor's degrees awarded in the most recent year: Washington State University (117), Southern New Hampshire University (91), University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus (85), Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus (82), and Mississippi State University (79).
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How these numbers work
Figures cover bachelor's degree programs in Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences (CIP code 40.06), as reported in the College Scorecard. Earnings are medians for graduates who received federal aid, measured one and five years after they finished, among those working and not enrolled in school; the one-year and five-year figures describe different graduating classes. Debt is the median federal loan balance at graduation. The Scorecard withholds figures for programs with few graduates, so many smaller programs show n/a. Summary figures are medians across institutions: the Scorecard reports program earnings and debt for a whole institution, so branch campuses share one figure and count once. All figures are from the Scorecard's most recent field-of-study release. More on the data.