<p>What field of Geology are you in?</p>
<p>Do you like it?</p>
<p>How much time do you spend outside in the field??</p>
<p>How's the pay?</p>
<p>Would you recommend someone to pursue a degree in Hydrogeology?</p>
<p>How about Environmental Geology??</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>Mike</p>
<p>I am a 26 year veteran of the Energy industry as a geologist.</p>
<p>Love the work
Dont spend much time int he field, but do attend the occasional seminar these days, and have occasionally spent some field time working in Alaska</p>
<p>Pay is good but a roller coaster ride with oil/gas up and down</p>
<p>Both environmental and hydrology are reputable fields, pay is less than energy industry and jobs are fragmented</p>
<p>hope this helps</p>
<p>Thanks for the reply!</p>
<p>I am seriously considering the energy side of things, but I am also interested in the mining industry as well…</p>
<p>How is the job placement for BS holders? Would I be better off going straight into grad school after undergrad? Any help is much appreciated!</p>
<p>While it isnt always what you want to here… i would definitely encourage you to plan on am MS immediatey aftern BS … you might try for a internships—things are down but avialable … I know there is a lot of interesting geology in mining, but there are just WAY more emplyment opportunities in energy…
i dont know where you are for undergrd, but for energy grad MS consider
UTexas
Oklahoma
Tex AM
Col School Mines
LSU
Texas Tech
Okla State
Penn State
U Houston</p>
<p>in approx this order
hope this helps</p>
<p>these are accurate number–energy industry is paying about 90,000 starting salary plus bonus offers for new MS grads… one estimate is that about 15%</p>
<p>Thanks for the info, rty! </p>
<p>I am currently attending UNR(reno) for my BS. I was actually considering going to UNR for my MS as well, but I have been hearing that it us actually looked down upon to attend the same school for your MS. I will most likely apply for schools in Colorado, Arizona, or Utah for graduate school.</p>
<p>I have 4 years experience in Oil and Gas as a Geologist
BS working on MS - the fortunate ‘very few’ that get hired with BS
completely workin the office - with small independent
Pay is great! especially with just a BS grossing some where between $85K-100K - If MS would probably be much higher ( $100-130K)</p>
<p>Hydrogeology - yes, there’s always need for that especially with the green revolution, but currently pay scale is much less than in Oil and Gas</p>
<p>Enviromental same as above - depends on what you have the flair for . Oil industry is fast paced, technology driven and you get to work with other disciplines for a well rounded knowledge base</p>
<p>I agree with all that radd234 … would say the pay for starting is near $100 with MS, so if you can get a job, ultimately the salaries will converge on skill… HOWEVER, you will run across jobs that you cant apply for without MS </p>
<p>Xplorer–UNR has a fine program, I would encourage you strongly to consider going to another school of r MS --though if life doesnt allow it it is ok to stay –</p>
<p>If you think about it, in the states you mention you go (somewhat) from ‘hard rock’ dominated terrains to sedimentary dominated as you go from nevada to colorado… </p>
<p>I would encourage you to look to sedimentary dominated schools… I am most familiar with colorado -Colo school mines (not for everyone) , UColorado is very well thought of , Univ of Utah is known (esp for geophysics) … there are many fine schools , some just have better industry connections</p>