Camp at Mullins Valley, Antarctica. Photo courtesy Michael Bender

Princeton PhD's have consistently obtained top positions in academia, industry and government. Check also the American Geological Institute's and the American Geophysical Union's career information pages. Female applicants may wish to consult the page for the Association for Women Geoscientists.   Consult Embark.com to get some more facts, including average earnings, about many possible careers in the geosciences, including those with bachelor's or Master's degrees. You might also want to look at the Geocorps site for other options in pursuing a career in the Geosciences.

Undergraduate
The solid Earth science and environmental geosciences tracks are appropriate for students planning to enroll in graduate school in the sciences or medicine, or to pursue careers in industries or agencies involved in extracting or conserving our natural resources. The subdisciplines offered by the department include (in solid Earth) general geology, geophysics, tectonophysics, mineralogy, petrology, and materials science, and (in environmental geosciences) atmospheric and ocean sciences, low-temperature geochemistry, environmental geochemistry and water resources, biogeochemistry, and geomicrobiology. The environmental policy track may appeal to those students with broad interdisciplinary interests who intend to pursue a career in law, business, public policy, government, or diplomacy, and who recognize the usefulness of a sound training in Earth sciences in furthering those goals. Depending upon their interests, such students may choose to draw most of their geoscience courses from either the solid Earth or environmental track.

There is additional information from Princeton University's Career Services office about a career in the Geosciences, including this useful handout.