Graduate Program Outcomes Data
Results of Assessing Graduate Student Progress
We assess student progress on learning objectives through an annual process. First students self-evaluate their progress on learning objectives. Then the student’s Advisory Committee conducts the same assessment in the context of a committee meeting. This is required of all students on Graduate Assistantships, but not for students graduating from the program the same year.
Geology Graduate Degrees Granted
| Year | MS (thesis-based) |
AEG-MS (coursework-based) |
PhD |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
2015-2016 |
7 |
1 |
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8 |
|
2016-2017 |
8 |
3 |
0 |
11 |
|
2017-2018 |
8 |
3 |
1 |
12 |
|
2018-2019 |
7 |
1 |
0 |
8 |
|
2019-2020 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
|
2020-2021 |
4 |
2 |
2 |
8 |
|
2021-2022 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
5 |
|
2022-2023 |
6 |
0 |
1 |
7 |
|
Total |
46 |
11 |
4 |
61 |
Employment Outcomes
Our tracking of students after they have completed our program indicates high success in our graduates obtaining employment in the geosciences and in being accepted into further graduate programs of their choice.
Students who graduated during the interval noted have the following post-graduation careers:
| Job | 2009-2016 | n | 2017-2023 | n |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Energy | 34% | 15 | 4% | 2 |
| Mining | 2% | 1 | 2% | 1 |
| Government | 11% | 5 | 14% | 7 |
| Environment/Geotechnology | 23% | 10 | 38% | 19 |
| Education | 20% | 9 | 12% | 6 |
| PhD/Post Doc | 9% | 4 | 20% | 10 |
| Other | 0% | 0 | 10% | 5 |