- Application Information
- FALL Preview
- The MS program
- The PhD program
- Coursework (MS and PhD)
- Mentoring (MS and PhD)
- The Qualifying Exam (PhD)
- Graduate Student Instructors (GSIs)
- Research and Travel Funding
- Departmental Policies
- GeoClub
- Student Publications and Awards
- Resources for Graduate Students
- Graduate Program Statistics
- Professional Development
- Scholarships & Fellowships
A summary of the statistics for EARTH (PhD Program 2021):
Admissions – Number of applications = 139; Selectivity = 22% (offers made to 22% of the applicants); Yield = 65% (65% of students with offers matriculated)
Enrollment – 64 students; 34% international; 58% female; 62% of domestic students are white
Funding – 98% fully funded (tuition and stipend)
Five-year median time to degree – 4.9 years
2011–2015 degree completion rate – 80%
Career outcomes five years after graduation – tenure-track faculty = 33%; business/industry = 23%; training = 14%; non-tenure-track/researcher = 4%; other = 3%; unemployed = 1%; unknown = 21%