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Geology & Earth Sciences at University of Pennsylvania

Geology & Earth Sciences at University of Pennsylvania

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

UPenn is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and has a total student population of 26,552.

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

UPenn Geology & Earth Sciences Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Geology

UPenn Geology & Earth Sciences Rankings

The geology major at UPenn is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Geology & 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.

Geology Student Demographics at UPenn

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

UPenn Geology & Earth Sciences Bachelor’s Program

61% Women
56% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 39% of geology bachelor's degrees went to men and 61% went to women.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 32% 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 Pennsylvania with a bachelor's in geology.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 4
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 3
White 8
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 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 PA, the home state for University of Pennsylvania.

Occupation Jobs in PA Average Salary in PA
Natural Sciences Managers 4,480 $147,810
Geoscientists 1,210 $108,580
Atmospheric, Earth, Marine, and Space Sciences Professors 890 $94,630

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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