Geological & Earth Sciences at University of Southern Indiana

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

USI is located in Evansville, Indiana and approximately 10,203 students attend the school each year. Of the 1,629 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Southern Indiana in 2021, 7 of them were geological and earth sciences majors.

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.

USI Geological & Earth Sciences Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Geology

USI Geological & Earth Sciences Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks geology programs across the country. The following shows how USI performed in these rankings.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The geology major at USI 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
Most Popular Geological & Earth Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools	229

Geology Student Demographics at USI

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

USI Geological & Earth Sciences Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 7 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in geology from USI. About 71% were men and 29% were women.

About 71% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in geology at USI are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 7% 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 Southern Indiana with a bachelor's in geology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• Physics
• 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 IN, the home state for University of Southern Indiana.

Occupation	Jobs in IN	Average Salary in IN
Natural Sciences Managers	1,720	$65,270
Geoscientists	390	$61,870
Chemistry Professors	370	$91,480
Atmospheric, Earth, Marine, and Space Sciences Professors	130	$96,440
Hydrologists	50	$87,930

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 AJ Eaton under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.