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CIP PROGRAM: 40.0601
Geology/Earth Science, General.

Summary: A program that focuses on the scientific study of the earth; the forces acting upon it; and the behavior of the solids, liquids and gases comprising it. Includes instruction in historical geology, geomorphology, and sedimentology, the chemistry of rocks and soils, stratigraphy, mineralogy, petrology, geostatistics, volcanology, glaciology, geophysical principles, and applications to research and industrial problems.

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National Completion Rate Trends

Year Associate'sBachelor'sMaster's
2020 133 5503 1357
2021 125 5081 1234
2022 116 4256 1154
2023 129 4418 1163
2024 119 4075 1122
Change -3.01% -19.72% -14.30%

Related CIPs

40 PHYSICAL SCIENCES.
40.06 Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences.
40.0601 Geology/Earth Science, General.
40.0602 Geochemistry.
40.0603 Geophysics and Seismology.
40.0604 Paleontology.
40.0605 Hydrology and Water Resources Science.
40.0606 Geochemistry and Petrology.
40.0607 Oceanography, Chemical and Physical.
40.0699 Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences, Other.

Institutions granting degrees in Geology/Earth Science, General.

Institution Degrees Granted (2024)5-Year Change
Adams State University2 -66.67%
Adrian College1 -83.33%
Albion College8 +166.67%
Alfred University1 -50.00%
Allegheny College5 -
Amherst College10 +25.00%
Angelo State University8 -30.77%
Appalachian State University25 -15.63%
Arkansas Tech University6 -55.56%
Auburn University10 +5.88%
Augustana College5 -22.22%
Austin Peay State University6 +44.44%
Ball State University8 -57.14%
Bates College7 -
Baylor University5 -37.50%
Beloit College8 -41.67%
Binghamton University20 +14.89%
Boise State University16 -14.29%
Boston College1 -71.43%
Bowdoin College12 +75.00%
Bridgewater State University9 -5.88%
Brigham Young University9 -36.36%
Brigham Young University-Idaho13 -14.29%
Brown University10 -
Bryn Mawr College5 +14.29%
Bucknell University6 -50.00%
CUNY Brooklyn College14 -16.67%
CUNY City College10 -
CUNY Lehman College1 -28.57%
CUNY Queens College8 +66.67%
CUNY York College1 -40.00%
California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt16 -21.43%
California State Polytechnic University-Pomona19 -30.00%
California State University-Bakersfield14 -67.65%
California State University-Chico7 -12.50%
California State University-East Bay6 -62.50%
California State University-Fresno2 -41.67%
California State University-Fullerton11 +57.14%
California State University-Long Beach11 +166.67%
California State University-Los Angeles7 -40.00%
California State University-Northridge21 +6.67%
California State University-Sacramento14 -16.13%
California State University-San Bernardino16 -39.13%
California State University-Stanislaus2 -11.11%
Calvin University11 -25.00%
Carleton College7 -14.29%
Case Western Reserve University3 -83.33%
Cedarville University4 -40.00%
Centenary College of Louisiana2 -60.00%
Central Connecticut State University5 +50.00%
Central Michigan University1 -20.00%
Central Washington University22 -
Clemson University14 -60.00%
Colby College5 -75.00%
Colgate University9 -41.18%
College of Charleston25 -52.94%
College of Staten Island CUNY3 -
Colorado College11 -44.44%
Colorado Mesa University10 +88.89%
Colorado State University-Fort Collins24 +3.03%
Columbia University in the City of New York20 -46.51%
Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania33 -
Concord University3 -25.00%
Cornell College4 +75.00%
Dartmouth College14 -22.22%
DePauw University1 +200.00%
Denison University3 +75.00%
Dickinson College12 -55.56%
Earlham College3 +25.00%
East Carolina University9 -33.33%
East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania1 -
East Tennessee State University13 +190.00%
Eastern Illinois University2 -40.00%
Eastern Kentucky University2 -42.86%
Eastern Michigan University5 -
Eastern Washington University11 +22.22%
Emporia State University4 -50.00%
Florida International University10 -6.25%
Florida State University9 -
Fort Hays State University29 -27.59%
Fort Lewis College14 -33.33%
Framingham State University2 -75.00%
Franklin and Marshall College1 +100.00%
Frostburg State University4 -
Furman University12 -53.85%
George Mason University17 +37.50%
Georgia Southern University13 +25.00%
Georgia State University24 -20.69%
Grand Valley State University12 -8.70%
Guilford College1 -50.00%
Gustavus Adolphus College9 +50.00%
Hamilton College5 -
Hanover College4 -
Hartwick College2 -50.00%
Harvey Mudd College1 -
Hofstra University5 -66.67%
Hope College1 -33.33%
Idaho State University5 -27.27%
Illinois State University19 +5.26%
Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus5 -42.86%
Indiana University-Bloomington5 -27.27%
Indiana University-Indianapolis11 -16.67%
Indiana University-Northwest4 -100.00%
Iowa State University17 -23.81%
Jackson State University1 -100.00%
James Madison University26 -67.50%
Johns Hopkins University5 -50.00%
Juniata College2 +100.00%
Kansas State University10 -57.14%
Kean University15 +125.00%
Kent State University at Kent22 -36.00%
Kutztown University of Pennsylvania6 -37.50%
Lafayette College5 -
Lake Superior State University5 -
Lamar University4 +66.67%
Lawrence University1 -100.00%
Lewis-Clark State College1 -100.00%
Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College8 -54.17%
Macalester College13 +150.00%
Marshall University6 -37.50%
Massachusetts Institute of Technology4 +40.00%
Mercyhurst University4 -
Metropolitan State University of Denver11 -
Miami University-Oxford32 +35.14%
Michigan State University24 -60.61%
Michigan Technological University3 +66.67%
Middle Tennessee State University11 -16.00%
Middlebury College1 +50.00%
Midwestern State University10 -54.55%
Millersville University of Pennsylvania10 -53.85%
Millsaps College3 -66.67%
Minnesota State University-Mankato10 +42.86%
Minot State University4 -
Mississippi State University70 +8.75%
Missouri State University-Springfield13 -42.31%
Montana State University39 +28.95%
Montclair State University23 +9.09%
Morehead State University2 +200.00%
Mount Holyoke College7 -12.50%
Murray State University9 +25.00%
Muskingum University6 +33.33%
New Jersey City University5 -
New Mexico Highlands University2 +66.67%
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology2 +60.00%
New Mexico State University-Main Campus3 +40.00%
North Carolina State University at Raleigh13 -60.71%
North Dakota State University-Main Campus5 -80.00%
Northeastern Illinois University3 -
Northeastern University1 -50.00%
Northern Arizona University20 -4.17%
Northern Illinois University9 -
Northern Kentucky University3 -28.57%
Northern Michigan University5 -
Northland College4 -28.57%
Northwest Missouri State University5 -
Northwestern University5 -40.00%
Oberlin College11 +15.38%
Occidental College5 -46.15%
Ohio State University-Main Campus15 -28.21%
Ohio University-Main Campus8 +7.41%
Ohio Wesleyan University2 -
Oklahoma State University-Main Campus14 -35.00%
Olivet Nazarene University6 -50.00%
Oregon State University4 -
Pacific Lutheran University11 -20.00%
Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus47 -72.22%
Pennsylvania State University-World Campus1 -100.00%
Pennsylvania Western University13 -
Pitzer College4 -33.33%
Pomona College8 -
Portland State University26 -53.57%
Princeton University3 -56.25%
Purdue University-Main Campus37 +138.89%
Radford University7 -41.67%
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute2 +33.33%
Rice University6 -75.00%
Rider University3 -50.00%
Rocky Mountain College1 -20.00%
Rowan University13 -
Rutgers University-New Brunswick10 -73.33%
Rutgers University-Newark1 -90.00%
SUNY Brockport8 +37.50%
SUNY Buffalo State University4 +12.50%
SUNY College at Geneseo22 -46.15%
SUNY College at Plattsburgh4 -20.00%
SUNY College at Potsdam10 -69.23%
SUNY Oneonta14 +15.38%
SUNY at Fredonia7 +180.00%
Saint Cloud State University1 -25.00%
Saint Louis University1 -
Saint Norbert College3 -81.82%
Salem State University11 -7.14%
Sam Houston State University10 -37.50%
San Diego State University8 -34.38%
San Jose State University4 -60.00%
Savannah State University1 -
Scripps College3 -
Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania1 -
Skidmore College3 +50.00%
Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania18 -37.50%
Smith College8 +7.14%
Sonoma State University14 -36.36%
South Dakota School of Mines and Technology13 -35.00%
Southern Connecticut State University3 -28.57%
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale4 +28.57%
Southern Methodist University4 -57.14%
Southern Utah University12 +28.57%
St Lawrence University7 -43.75%
Stanford University28 -
State University of New York at New Paltz14 -35.71%
State University of New York at Oswego12 -7.14%
Stephen F Austin State University8 +27.27%
Stockton University3 -
Stony Brook University11 +20.00%
Sul Ross State University3 +16.67%
Susquehanna University4 -30.00%
Syracuse University10 -16.67%
Tarleton State University9 -35.71%
Temple University5 -38.46%
Tennessee Technological University13 -25.00%
Texas A & M University-College Station43 -56.25%
Texas A & M University-Corpus Christi3 -33.33%
Texas A & M University-Kingsville7 -42.86%
Texas Christian University6 -16.67%
Texas Tech University20 -71.19%
The College of Wooster6 -73.33%
The Master's University and Seminary4 -
The University of Alabama13 +16.67%
The University of Montana14 -22.22%
The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga16 -40.00%
The University of Tennessee-Knoxville32 -9.68%
The University of Tennessee-Martin11 +300.00%
The University of Texas Permian Basin3 -43.75%
The University of Texas at Arlington17 -58.54%
The University of Texas at Austin34 -22.22%
The University of Texas at Dallas15 -57.14%
The University of Texas at El Paso7 -
The University of Texas at San Antonio21 -55.26%
The University of the South10 -
Towson University5 -35.29%
Trinity University13 -66.67%
Tufts University6 -58.33%
Tulane University of Louisiana4 -50.00%
University at Buffalo15 -21.74%
University of Akron Main Campus17 -25.93%
University of Alaska Anchorage7 -55.56%
University of Alaska Fairbanks3 +57.14%
University of Arizona58 -21.21%
University of Arkansas13 -8.00%
University of Arkansas at Little Rock1 +10.00%
University of Arkansas-Fort Smith9 +500.00%
University of California-Berkeley15 -63.64%
University of California-Davis16 -41.94%
University of California-Irvine25 +2.56%
University of California-Los Angeles11 +41.18%
University of California-Merced16 +33.33%
University of California-Riverside10 -46.67%
University of California-San Diego15 -23.53%
University of California-Santa Barbara51 +4.55%
University of California-Santa Cruz55 -14.29%
University of Cincinnati-Main Campus14 +36.36%
University of Colorado Boulder20 -50.70%
University of Connecticut19 -42.86%
University of Dayton1 -92.31%
University of Delaware1 -25.00%
University of Florida27 +50.00%
University of Florida-Online17 +120.00%
University of Georgia11 -
University of Hawaii at Hilo5 -60.00%
University of Hawaii at Manoa11 +42.86%
University of Houston18 -48.57%
University of Houston-Downtown12 -58.97%
University of Idaho8 +28.57%
University of Illinois Chicago29 -24.00%
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign11 -41.94%
University of Indianapolis2 -25.00%
University of Iowa15 -16.67%
University of Kansas11 -60.00%
University of Kentucky11 -42.86%
University of Louisiana at Lafayette4 +200.00%
University of Maine12 -
University of Maryland-College Park8 +36.36%
University of Massachusetts-Amherst10 -28.57%
University of Memphis12 +57.14%
University of Miami3 -
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor54 +113.33%
University of Michigan-Dearborn2 -66.67%
University of Minnesota-Duluth8 -40.00%
University of Minnesota-Morris2 -80.00%
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities11 -20.83%
University of Mississippi2 -40.00%
University of Missouri-Columbia12 +50.00%
University of Missouri-Kansas City1 -77.78%
University of Mount Union4 -60.00%
University of Nebraska at Omaha8 +28.57%
University of Nebraska-Lincoln14 -25.00%
University of Nevada-Las Vegas39 -12.12%
University of Nevada-Reno10 +33.33%
University of New Hampshire-Main Campus12 -50.00%
University of New Mexico-Main Campus5 -14.29%
University of New Orleans15 +5.56%
University of North Carolina Wilmington9 -44.44%
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill17 -26.32%
University of North Carolina at Charlotte70 +1.45%
University of North Dakota6 -66.67%
University of Northern Colorado14 -37.50%
University of Northern Iowa4 -61.54%
University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus26 -58.33%
University of Oregon21 -18.52%
University of Pennsylvania18 -
University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus51 +2.04%
University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez23 -36.84%
University of Puget Sound4 -60.00%
University of Rochester2 -33.33%
University of South Alabama6 -88.89%
University of South Carolina Aiken1 -
University of South Carolina-Columbia27 -
University of South Florida27 -13.51%
University of Southern Indiana4 -75.00%
University of Southern Mississippi6 -41.67%
University of St Thomas6 +40.00%
University of Toledo3 -20.00%
University of Tulsa2 -40.00%
University of Utah24 +8.00%
University of Vermont6 -37.50%
University of Washington-Bothell Campus5 -
University of Washington-Seattle Campus21 -43.24%
University of West Georgia4 -44.44%
University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire22 +18.18%
University of Wisconsin-Green Bay4 +100.00%
University of Wisconsin-Madison22 -7.14%
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee13 -6.25%
University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh16 -7.69%
University of Wisconsin-Parkside4 -44.44%
University of Wisconsin-River Falls4 +40.00%
University of Wyoming16 -45.24%
University of the Pacific3 -
Utah State University5 -8.33%
Utah Valley University2 +57.14%
Valdosta State University11 +40.00%
Vanderbilt University11 -21.43%
Vassar College7 +66.67%
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University19 +47.06%
Washington State University130 -7.96%
Washington University in St Louis6 -
Washington and Lee University5 -30.00%
Wayne State University19 -5.88%
Weber State University7 -46.15%
Wellesley College5 -58.33%
West Chester University of Pennsylvania14 -44.83%
West Virginia University14 -77.19%
Western Carolina University8 -8.33%
Western Colorado University6 -41.67%
Western Illinois University1 -62.50%
Western Kentucky University5 +80.00%
Western Michigan University3 -12.50%
Western Oregon University5 -14.29%
Western Washington University35 -12.77%
Westminster University5 -75.00%
Whitman College9 -16.67%
Wichita State University5 -18.18%
Wilkes University1 -25.00%
William & Mary23 -
William Paterson University of New Jersey2 +16.67%
Williams College12 +11.11%
Winona State University7 +33.33%
Wright State University-Main Campus12 +18.18%
Yale University8 +14.29%
Youngstown State University4 -