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Geoscience Profession Intelligence

Workforce, education, and profession data resources that help users explore current signals, long-term trends, and career-related geoscience intelligence.

Latest Geoscience Currents

Temporary Foreign Worker Demand in Core U.S. Geoscience Occupations

Explore how employer demand for temporary foreign geoscience workers changed from FY2017 to FY2025, including shifts across occupations and employer industries.

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Key Metrics

Academic Program Snapshot

These institution-level counts provide context on the size and structure of the academic geoscience pipeline.

1,856

Geoscience Academic Departments Globally

Identified geoscience departments in tertiary educational institutions around the world. From AGI's Directory of Geoscience Departments.

Last updated July 2026

585

U.S. Degree-Granting 4-Year Geoscience Programs

Degree-granting geoscience programs in the U.S. awarding at least a bachelor's degree. From AGI's Directory of Geoscience Departments.

Last updated July 2026

351

U.S. Master's Degree-Granting Geoscience Programs

Master's granting geoscience programs in the U.S. From AGI's Directory of Geoscience Departments.

Last updated July 2026

75

U.S. Terminal-Master's Degree-granting Geoscience Programs

U.S. geoscience programs with Master's as highest degree offered. From AGI's Directory of Geoscience Departments.

Last updated July 2026

259

U.S. Doctorate-Granting Geoscience Programs

Doctorate granting geoscience programs in the U.S. From AGI's Directory of Geoscience Department.

Last updated July 2026

292

U.S. 2-Year College Programs with Geoscience Courses

U.S. Community and Junior Colleges with geoscience courses. From AGI's Directory of Geoscience Departments.

Last updated July 2026

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