Geoscience Alumni Career Pathways

What Can You Do With A Degree in Geology, Environmental Geoscience, Or Earth Science At DePauw?

Geoscience Career or Graduate School...Your Choice

The short answer...LOTS OF THINGS!

 Department of Geology & Environmental Geoscience’s alumni have been very successful in...

• pursuing careers in environmental consulting, mining & energy industries, education, and government direct from DePauw, and

• being admitted to prestigious graduate programs nationwide
  (with stipends of $15,000-$28,000 per year on top of full tuition waivers).

To see what department alumni have done after graduating from DePauw, check out the...

• table of GEOS alumni with their post-DePauw career pathways (scroll down to see more alumni), and

• interactive graphic showing GEOS majors & post-DePauw career pathways (scroll down past table).

GEO-Geology; ENV-Environmental Geoscience; ES-Earth Science 

Interactive Graphic for Student Career Pathways

• • maps GEOS major (geology, environmental geoscience, & earth science) to the career pathway geoscience alumni chose to pursue immediately after graduating from DePauw (note that alumni often change career pathways later, especially after graduate school).

  • compiles data over the period from 1996-2025 (n=237).  

    • Size of each major arc scales to the percentage of geoscience majors in that area (Geology=48%, Environmental Geoscience=44%, and Earth Science=8%. 

    • Ribbons for each major scale to sum 100%. Wider ribbons represent higher percentages (e.g., ~50% of Geology majors first attend graduate school) and thinner ribbons represent lower percentages (e.g., ~10% of Environmental Geoscience majors find their first position in Renewable Energy & Other Geo/Env Industries).

Visualize student outcomes by passing the cursor over the graphic and pausing over... 

• • the major (left side) to see potential career pathways or 

  • a career pathway (right side) to see what major(s) feed into it.