AGI examines US geoscience enrollments and degrees in 2010-2011

Enrollments and degrees in the geosciences in the United States dipped during the 2010-2011 academic year as detailed in the latest Geoscience Currents published by the American Geosciences Institute. After peaking the year before, enrollments slipped back to 2008-2009 levels with undergraduate geoscience enrollments dropping about eight percent and graduate enrollments falling approximately three percent. Degrees similarly declined, with Bachelor's degrees dropping nine percent, Master's dropping six percent, and Doctorates dropping four percent. Read more