Earning a Geology Degree in Iowa

1. There is a growing workforce crisis in geology that is creating a need for well-prepared geologists and geoscience teachers.
2. Energy, mineral, and water resources are increasingly harder to locate and more expensive to develop.
3. Environmental problems (e.g. climate change, groundwater contamination, and flooding) continue to affect human populations
4. Many recent graduates are now working to fill these needs as environmental consultants, oil and gas field exploration managers, park rangers, and many federal (e.g. EPA, NASA, NRCS) and state agencies (e.g. DNR).Undergraduate (4 Year) geology degrees from Iowa

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