Geology Major

Some of the most critical issues facing our society are grounded in Earth sciences: natural hazards, climate change, energy, and natural resources, including water quality and availability.

Geology Major

Geology explores Earth's processes and materials over ‘deep’ time. The focus is on the physical planet and the structure, composition, evolution, and interactions of Earth’s geosphere, biosphere, atmosphere, and hydrosphere. Geology is an integrative and diverse science major that applies aspects of chemistry, physics, biology, mathematics, and natural history to solve Earth-science problems.

Founding date: December 18, 1866

Location: Wooster, Ohio, a community of 27,000, approximately 55 miles southwest of Cleveland

Campus: 240 acres

Academic calendar: Semesters

Degrees conferred: Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Music, and Bachelor of Music Education

Full-time faculty: 171

Full-time faculty holding Ph.D. or equivalent terminal degree: 96%

Student-faculty ratio: 10 to 1

Total enrollment (2019): 2,008

96% of Wooster, graduates are employed within 6 months

91% of Wooster, graduates are accepted in their top choice graduate school

54% female, 46% male

24% of U.S. students of color

17% international

31% Ohio, 69% non-Ohio

46 states and 65 countries represented

Students living on-campus: 99%