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12 fieldsOfficial education crosswalk

Earth Systems Science

CIP 2020 · 30.3801

7 careers →

Environmental Geosciences

CIP 2020 · 30.4101

19 careers →

Geoarcheaology

CIP 2020 · 30.4201

9 careers →

Geobiology

CIP 2020 · 30.4301

7 careers →

Geochemistry

CIP 2020 · 40.0602

5 careers →

Geochemistry and Petrology

CIP 2020 · 40.0606

4 careers →

Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences, Other

CIP 2020 · 40.0699

4 careers →

Geology/Earth Science, General

CIP 2020 · 40.0601

6 careers →

Geophysics and Seismology

CIP 2020 · 40.0603

4 careers →

Marine Sciences

CIP 2020 · 30.3201

16 careers →

Oceanography, Chemical and Physical

CIP 2020 · 40.0607

5 careers →

Paleontology

CIP 2020 · 40.0604

3 careers →

This directory covers fields present in the published education crosswalk. It is not a complete CIP classification or a list of currently available college programs. A relationship is a research lead, not an admission, licensing or employment requirement.

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Education relationships: O*NET® Resource Center crosswalks, U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration, based on NCES CIP data. CIP 2020 → O*NET-SOC 2019, source edition July 2024. Used under CC BY 4.0. StudyIndex groups the source relationships and adds exploration pages; no USDOL/ETA endorsement.