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Geological & Earth Sciences at East Carolina University

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Geological & Earth Sciences at East Carolina University

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

ECU is located in Greenville, North Carolina and approximately 28,798 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 6 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.

ECU Geological & Earth Sciences Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Geology

ECU Geological & Earth Sciences Rankings

Geology Student Demographics at ECU

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

ECU Geological & Earth Sciences Master’s Program

17% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
Of the 6 students who graduated with a master’s in geology from ECU in 2021, 100% were men and 0% were women.

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Of the students who received a geology master's degree from ECU, 83% 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 17% of degree recipients. That is 1% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from East Carolina 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 1
White 5
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

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 NC, the home state for East Carolina University.

Occupation Jobs in NC Average Salary in NC
Natural Sciences Managers 2,960 $153,490
Chemistry Professors 960 $85,800
Geoscientists 430 $71,830
Atmospheric, Earth, Marine, and Space Sciences Professors 330 $89,940
Hydrologists 170 $71,450

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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