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Geological & Earth Sciences at Ball State University

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Geological & Earth Sciences at Ball State University

If you are interested in studying geological and earth sciences, you may want to check out the program at Ball State University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Ball State is located in Muncie, Indiana and has a total student population of 21,597. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 3 students received their master's degree in geology.

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.

Ball State Geological & Earth Sciences Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Geology

Ball State Geological & Earth Sciences Rankings

Geology Student Demographics at Ball State

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

Ball State Geological & Earth Sciences Master’s Program

67% Women
33% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
The geology program at Ball State awarded 3 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 33% of these degrees went to men with the other 67% going to women.

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Of the students who received a geology master's degree from Ball State, 67% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the geology master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 33% of degree recipients. That is 18% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Ball State University with a master's in geology.

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

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 Ball State University.

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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