Careers that students pursue after graduating from undergraduate departments, a master course, or a doctor course include the following.
[Career path statistics of students completing undergraduate programs of the earth science are associated with those of the Geoenvironmental Science, and Earth and Planetary Materials Science]
[Career path statistics of students completing undergraduate programs of the earth science are associated with those of the Geoenvironmental Science, and Earth and Planetary Materials Science]
Career path after graduation from undergraduate program
| 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | Total | |
| Master program@Tohoku Univ. | 28 | 27 | 25 | 30 | 23 | 38 | 17 | 29 | 137 |
| Private company | 6 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 38 |
| Master program@Other Univ. | 7 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 9 | 34 |
| Government office | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| Teachers | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Others | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 15 |
Career path after finishing master course
| 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | Total | |
| Doctral program@Tohoku Univ. | 9 | 7 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 36 |
| Doctral program@Other Univ. | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| Rpivate company | 11 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 17 | 22 | 20 | 29 | 99 |
| Government Office | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| Teachers | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Others | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 |
Career path after moving to doctral course
| 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | Total | |
| University faculty | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 17 |
| JSPS/COE Research fellow | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 |
| Post-doctoral fellow | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| Private company | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| Government office | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| School teachers | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Research assistants | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| Others | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
