I graduated from a state university. There were 4000 graduates in the class of 2017. About 300 in the college of Science and Health which were mostly biology students and nursing (it does not cover social sciences, computer sciences, or technology and related fields). Tons of exercise science majors which was a surprise. There were 9 Earth Science students graduating with me of which 6 were Environmental Science and Earth Science Education.
Leaving 3 of us graduating in Geology. Geology is fun, it's in demand, you work a lot outdoors, and you make good money. So why so few geologists? I'm truly baffled.
Oliver Jenkins
No one will ever care about your fucking rock collection.
Ayden Richardson
because most of them keep their mouth shut and don't humble brag on their 4 chan blog post thread. plus the job market sucks right now
Asher Brooks
You know the rules faggot!
Pics of your rock collection or GTFO!
Cooper Harris
>graduated from a state university >bragging Meh. Whatever makes you sleep at night champ
Robert Adams
>geology is in demand Fucking where?
Samuel Wilson
>So why so few geologists? I'm truly baffled. a big part of it is that earth science isn't taught in elementary/middle school, and hardly taught in most high schools. people learn basic biology, chemistry, and physics, but they don't get geology until college. some people are trying to change that. one of the professors at my uni is doing a lot of education outreach, helping teach public school science teachers how to introduce geology in their classes. t. paleofag
Jayden Thompson
Fossil fuel and mining companies.
Civil engineering projects also need geologists to help find and/or build suitable foundations for construction projects.
Jack Allen
Good on you for finding a little niche area of study for yourself, OP. I genuinely hope that you have a fruitful career ahead of you.
By the way, were you at all interested in going into materials science? In a manner of speaking, geology was the first materials science, namely natural materials science.
John Scott
>Geology is fun, it's in demand
Every geo-major I've met has been awesome, but I'm not so sure about the demand. Geo-physicists tend to be the ones getting placement for Oil / NG companies.
