Geological & Earth Sciences at California State University - Stanislaus

If you are interested in studying geological and earth sciences, you may want to check out the program at California State University - Stanislaus. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Stan State is located in Turlock, California and approximately 11,163 students attend the school each year. Of the 2,507 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from California State University - Stanislaus in 2021, 12 of them were geological and earth sciences majors.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Geological & Earth Sciences section at the bottom of this page.

Stan State Geological & Earth Sciences Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Geology

Stan State Geological & Earth Sciences Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the geology progam at Stan State compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The geology major at Stan State is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Geological & Earth Sciences. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Value Geological & Earth Sciences Schools	69
	114
Best Geological & Earth Sciences Schools	151

Geology Student Demographics at Stan State

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the geology majors at California State University - Stanislaus.

Stan State Geological & Earth Sciences Bachelor’s Program

Of the 12 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Geological & Earth Sciences from Stan State in 2020-2021, 50% were men and 50% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 3% more racial-ethnic minorities in its geology bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from California State University - Stanislaus with a bachelor's in geology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	6
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Stan State also has a doctoral program available in geology. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• General Physical Sciences
• Physics
• Chemistry

Careers That Geology Grads May Go Into

A degree in geology can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for CA, the home state for California State University - Stanislaus.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Natural Sciences Managers	7,870	$168,790
Geoscientists	4,100	$97,550
Chemistry Professors	1,570	$116,530
Atmospheric, Earth, Marine, and Space Sciences Professors	1,310	$124,250
Hydrologists	730	$99,080

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Intothewoods29 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.