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Geological & Earth Sciences at George Washington University

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Geological & Earth Sciences at George Washington University

If you plan to study geological and earth sciences, take a look at what George Washington University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

GWU is located in Washington, District of Columbia and approximately 27,017 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 5 geology majors received their bachelor's degree from GWU.

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.

GWU Geological & Earth Sciences Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Geology

GWU Geological & Earth Sciences Rankings

The geology major at GWU 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.

Geology Student Demographics at GWU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the geology majors at George Washington University.

GWU Geological & Earth Sciences Bachelor’s Program

100% Women
40% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
The geology program at GWU awarded 5 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 0% of these degrees went to men with the other 100% going to women.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 18% 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 George Washington University with a bachelor's in geology.

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

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

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 DC, the home state for George Washington University.

Occupation Jobs in DC Average Salary in DC
Natural Sciences Managers 1,200 $132,310
Chemistry Professors 100 $81,040

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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