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Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies Transactions
Vol. 8 (1958), Pages 7-11

Employment Outlook for New Geology Graduates

Samuel P. Ellison, Jr. (*)

ABSTRACT

Extrapolation of comparison curves of mineral production, oil and gas production, population, and numbers of geologists in training in schools indicate that the numbers of geologists will increase in the future. The demand for earth materials will increase with the growth of population. The supply of earth products will rise and fall in accordance with the production laws of exhaustible resources. The supplies of new geologists will be effected by both the demand for earth materials and the supply of earth materials. The number of geology majors in United States colleges and universities is predicted to rise from the present estimated 6,000 to an estimated 9,000 by year 2000. The geology enrollment at the University of Texas is predicted to double the present amount by year 2000. The level of training for geologists will rise so that the Ph.D. degree will be the optimum desired and the Masters degree will be the absolute minimum.


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