Geoscience Currents #83: The Challenges of Comparing Data on Minorities in the Geosciences

This Currents compares the percentages of geoscience degrees awarded by racial group using the most recent IPEDS data and Exit Survey data and discusses the issues related to the comparison to IPEDS data.

Geoscience Currents #81: Salaries and Employment Locations of Recent Geoscience Graduates

Currents #81 examines preliminary results on where geoscience students found employment following graduation, and at which salary level.

Workforce: Geoscience Currents #80

New Geoscience Graduates' Employment and Education Plans, Spring 2013

Workforce: Geoscience Currents #79

Geoscience Students with Internships that Led to Jobs After Graduation, Spring 2013

Errata and Corrections: 2013 Status of Recent Geoscience Graduates Report

Alexandria, VA – Readers are advised to download the newly corrected version of the 2013 Status of Recent Geoscience Graduates report. An error was found in the title and x-axis labels on the figure on page 20. The data in the figure displays geoscience graduates that are seeking, or have accepted, a job position outside of the geosciences. The associated text has been changed now correctly represents the data presented. The corrected report can be downloaded at: http://bit.ly/GzvfvM or http://www.agiweb.org/workforce/reports.html.

Female Participation in U.S. Geoscience Enrollments & Degrees

From the 1970's until around 2010, women have been an increasingly large part of the geoscience student and graduate population. The participation rates have levelled off in recent years, largely believed related to the energy-driven increase in overall geoscience enrollments.

Female Participation Rates in U.S. Geoscience Programs

US Historical Geoscience Enrollment

US college and university geoscience program enrollments have been consistently tracked since 1955. Over this time, the number of programs has expanded substantially and enrollments have varied widely. The overall driver of enrollments through the history has been the price of petroleum, though the dependency on that factor is not as strong as it was in the 1980's and earlier.

U.S. Geoscience Degrees Granted

The American Geosciences Institute has tracked enrollments and degrees granted in the geosciences over time. AGI collects the data in October and November of each year for the prior academic year. The latest year data should be considered preliminary as programs do report revisions for their data up to two years following their initial report.

U.S. Historical Degrees Awarded in the Geosciences

National Survey of the Geoscience Workforce

Description and Purpose

Data Collection and Participation

Geoscience Student Exit Survey

This survey was developed to ascertain from geoscience degree recipients the relevant experiences in school and their immediate career plans upon graduation.

Description and Purpose

Data Collection and Participation

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