Geological & Earth Sciences at Purdue University - Main Campus

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

Purdue is located in West Lafayette, Indiana and approximately 46,655 students attend the school each year.

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.

Purdue Geological & Earth Sciences Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Geology
• Master’s Degree in Geology

Purdue Geological & Earth Sciences Rankings

The geology major at Purdue 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.

There were 8 students who received their doctoral degrees in geology, making the school the #28 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Geology Student Demographics at Purdue

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the geology majors at Purdue University - Main Campus.

Purdue Geological & Earth Sciences Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 46% of geology bachelor's degrees went to men and 54% went to women.

About 89% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in geology at Purdue are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	33
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Purdue Geological & Earth Sciences Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 67% of geology master's degrees went to men and 33% went to women.

In the geology master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 67% of degree recipients. That is 43% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Purdue University - Main Campus with a master's in geology.

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

Concentrations Within Geological & Earth Sciences

The following geology concentations are available at Purdue University - Main Campus. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Purdue University - Main Campus. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Geology & Earth Sciences	34

Related Majors

• Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology
• 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 IN, the home state for Purdue University - Main Campus.

Occupation	Jobs in IN	Average Salary in IN
Natural Sciences Managers	1,720	$65,270
Geoscientists	390	$61,870
Chemistry Professors	370	$91,480
Atmospheric, Earth, Marine, and Space Sciences Professors	130	$96,440
Hydrologists	50	$87,930

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 Abhijitsathe under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.