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Career OpportunitiesAlbion College geology graduates continue to be quite successful in obtaining interesting and well-paying jobs. Our graduates typically take one of three paths: industry, graduate school, or K-12 education. The current and future geology job market is fantastic. There is a major resurgence of industry jobs in petroleum and mineral exploration. Our alums in the petroleum report starting salaries of $100,000 for geologists with a two-year MS degree. A March 2008 article in Bloomberg.com titled "Miners top MBAs as metal boom makes geologists scare" includes good news about future jobs in the industry: "In the U.S., the number of jobs open to geologists will rise 22 percent in the decade ending in 2016, about double the average for all occupations, according to the U.S. Department of Labor." There continues to be a job boom in the environmental field. Many of our recent grads are employed in Michigan and across the US in environmental consulting firms. Science magazine ran an interesting article on "recession-proof" hydrogeology careers in August 2008. Other geology graduates have been employed by research institutes; by state geological surveys and the U.S. Geological Survey; by universities and colleges as geology professors and research scientists, and by secondary schools as earth science teachers. About two-thirds of our graduates have chosen to continue studying geology at major universities and have obtained masters or doctoral degrees in geology before beginning their careers. Recent graduates have enrolled at Arizona State, Northern Arizona University, Ohio State, Michigan, Michigan State, Stanford, Wisconsin, New Mexico Tech, Texas A&M, Maine, and Boston University. Careers in the Geosciences and Current Job Openings
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