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Bates College BS in Geological & Earth Sciences

7 Bachelor's Degrees Awarded

The main focus area for this major is Geology & Earth Sciences. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.

Geological & Earth Sciences is a major offered under the physical sciences program of study at Bates College. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the bachelor’s degree program in geology, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, whether or not the degree is offered online, and more.

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Rankings for the Bates BS in Geology

If you're having trouble deciding which school is best for you, you may want to check out our many college rankings. The geology major at Bates is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Geology. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Here are some of the other rankings for Bates.

Ranking Type Rank
Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Geological & Earth Sciences 49
Most Focused Colleges for Geological & Earth Sciences 70
Most Popular Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Geological & Earth Sciences 264
Most Popular Colleges for Geological & Earth Sciences 293

How Much Does a Bachelor’s in Geology from Bates Cost?

$57,353 Average Tuition and Fees (In-State)

Bates Undergraduate Tuition and Fees

Information about average full-time undergraduate tuition and fees is shown in the table below.

In State Out of State
Tuition $57,353 $57,353
Books and Supplies $900 $900
On Campus Room and Board $16,177 $16,177
On Campus Other Expenses $1,250 $1,250

Learn more about Bates tuition and fees.

Does Bates Offer an Online BS in Geology?

Online degrees for the Bates geology bachelor’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Bates Online Learning page.

Bates Bachelor’s Student Diversity for Geology

7 Bachelor's Degrees Awarded
42.9% Women
In the 2019-2020 academic year, 7 students received their bachelor’s degree in geology. The gender and racial-ethnic breakdown of those individuals is shown below.

Male-to-Female Ratio

Women made up around 42.9% of the geology students who took home a bachelor’s degree in 2019-2020. This is less than the nationwide number of 45.3%.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

Of those students who received a bachelor’s degree at Bates in geology at 2019-2020, none were racial-ethnic minorities*.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 0
Native American or Alaska Native 0
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 0
White 7
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

BS in Geology Focus Areas at Bates

Geological & Earth Sciences students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.

Focus Area Annual Graduates
Geology & Earth Sciences 7

You may also be interested in one of these majors related to geological and earth sciences.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Chemistry 9
Physics 14

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References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

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