Geological & Earth Sciences at Santiago Canyon College

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

SCC is located in Orange, California and approximately 9,003 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.

SCC Geological & Earth Sciences Degrees Available

Associate’s Degree in Geology

SCC Geological & Earth Sciences Rankings

Geology Student Demographics at SCC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the geology majors at Santiago Canyon College.

SCC Geological & Earth Sciences Associate’s Program

50% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 100% of geology associate's degrees went to men and 0% went to women.

SCC does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in geology graduates 27% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Santiago Canyon College with a associate's in geology.

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

Concentrations Within Geological & Earth Sciences

If you plan to be a geology major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Santiago Canyon College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Geology & Earth Sciences	2

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 Santiago Canyon College.

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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