Geophysics & Seismology at University of California - Berkeley

29% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

What traits are you looking for in a geophysics school? To help you decide if University of California - Berkeley is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's geophysics program.

UC Berkeley is located in Berkeley, California and approximately 42,327 students attend the school each year.

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

UC Berkeley Geophysics & Seismology Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Geophysics

UC Berkeley Geophysics & Seismology Rankings

The geophysics major at UC Berkeley is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Geophysics & Seismology. 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.

Geophysics Student Demographics at UC Berkeley

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the geophysics majors at University of California - Berkeley.

UC Berkeley Geophysics & Seismology Bachelor’s Program

43% Women

29% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 57% of geophysics bachelor's degrees went to men and 43% went to women. The typical geophysics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 39% women. So female students are more repesented at UC Berkeley since its program graduates 4% more women than average.

About 71% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in geophysics at UC Berkeley are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 5% more racial-ethnic minorities in its geophysics bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Careers That Geophysics Grads May Go Into

A degree in geophysics 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 University of California - Berkeley.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Natural Sciences Managers	7,870	$168,790
Geoscientists	4,100	$97,550
Atmospheric, Earth, Marine, and Space Sciences Professors	1,310	$124,250

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
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