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Geography and GIS – a good article in the LA Times

By markgreninger, on April 9th, 2013

latimesI happened to see this article at the car wash this weekend (I love my clean car!) and I thought I would share.  It was in the Travel section, of all places …

Geography is covering new ground for travelers

 

 

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Geography Majors’ Unemployment rate is 6.1%

By markgreninger, on November 9th, 2011

Ranking by Popularity

Tim Smith from LA County Fire passed this website along, which ranks all college major by unemployment rate and median earning (Geographers’s median income is $54,000 a year, by the way).

Here is the page: Wall Street Journal Site – From College to Career

Straight to Geographer Earnings

 

By the way –  if you really want to make money you should go into Petroleum Engineering, with a median income of $127,000.

 

Check our your major – any regrets?

 

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Geographers median earnings are $54,000 per year

By markgreninger, on May 24th, 2011

Passing this along:

Georgetown University’s Center for Education and the Workforce has released a report titled “What’s IT Worth?”.

According to the report, “Median earnings for those with Bachelor’s degrees vary greatly—from $29,000 for Counseling Psychology majors to $120,000 for Petroleum Engineering majors.”

What about a Bachelor’s degree in Geography?

  • Full-time, full-year workers with a terminal Bachelor’s degree in Geography showed median earnings of $54,000 a year.
  • Gender composition of the Geography major was 30% female and 70% male.
  • 30% of Geography majors go on to obtain a graduate degree.

You can read the complete report here [PDF].

Here is the source article: View article…

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Cockpit view of landing at LAX

By markgreninger, on February 4th, 2011

My wife thought I would like this, and I did.  Check out this video on YouTube

It’s a very cool video showing the pilot’s view of a sunset landing at LAX.  Why did I add this here?  The creator highlights certain geographic features as downtown, etc. which highlights the way the people unconsciously use geography all the time.

I also love the music – as an LA native, it works for me!

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