Geological & Earth Sciences at University of Houston - Downtown

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

UH Downtown is located in Houston, Texas and approximately 15,239 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 18 students received a bachelor's degree in geology from UH Downtown.

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.

UH Downtown Geological & Earth Sciences Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Geology

UH Downtown Geological & Earth Sciences Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the geology progam at UH Downtown compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The geology major at UH Downtown 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Value Geological & Earth Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools	32
Best Value Geological & Earth Sciences Schools	37
	65
	66
Most Focused Geological & Earth Sciences Schools	179

Earnings of UH Downtown Geology Graduates

The median salary of geology students who receive their bachelor's degree at UH Downtown is $38,084. This is 4% higher than $36,478, which is the national average for all geology bachelor's degree recipients.

Geology Student Demographics at UH Downtown

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

UH Downtown Geological & Earth Sciences Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 18 geology majors earned their bachelor's degree from UH Downtown. Of these graduates, 56% were men and 44% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 45% 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 University of Houston - Downtown with a bachelor's in geology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	9
White	2
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

• 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 TX, the home state for University of Houston - Downtown.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Geoscientists	7,810	$150,140
Natural Sciences Managers	2,620	$127,270
Chemistry Professors	1,700	$95,070
Atmospheric, Earth, Marine, and Space Sciences Professors	940	$104,760
Hydrologists	310	$78,240

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 Nick22aku under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.