Geoscience Engineering at University of Alaska Fairbanks

If you are interested in studying geoscience engineering, you may want to check out the program at University of Alaska Fairbanks. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

UAF is located in Fairbanks, Alaska and approximately 6,813 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Geoscience Engineering section at the bottom of this page.

UAF Geoscience Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Geoscience Engineering
• Master’s Degree in Geoscience Engineering

UAF Geoscience Engineering Rankings

The geoscience engineering major at UAF is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Geoscience Engineering. 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.

Geoscience Engineering Student Demographics at UAF

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the geoscience engineering majors at University of Alaska Fairbanks.

UAF Geoscience Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 44% of geoscience engineering bachelor's degrees went to men and 56% went to women. The typical geoscience engineering bachelor's degree program is made up of only 32% women. So female students are more repesented at UAF since its program graduates 23% more women than average.

About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in geoscience engineering at UAF are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Alaska Fairbanks with a bachelor's in geoscience engineering.

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

UAF Geoscience Engineering Master’s Program

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

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Alaska Fairbanks with a master's in geoscience engineering.

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

Concentrations Within Geoscience Engineering

Geoscience Engineering majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of Alaska Fairbanks. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Geological & Geophysical Engineering	5

Related Majors

• Computer Engineering
• Environmental Engineering
• General Engineering
• Mining Engineering
• Petroleum Engineering

Careers That Geoscience Engineering Grads May Go Into

A degree in geoscience engineering can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for AK, the home state for University of Alaska Fairbanks.

Occupation	Jobs in AK	Average Salary in AK
Engineers	760	$114,040
Architectural and Engineering Managers	440	$151,640
Mining and Geological Engineers	130	$112,110

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 Burntorange72 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.