What you'll do in college
This interdisciplinary group studies the spatial relationships between people, places, and the planet. Coursework blends physical geography, human geography, cartography, and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) with statistics, urban studies, and remote sensing. You will learn how to design maps, analyze satellite imagery, model population movement, and use spatial data to investigate everything from disease outbreaks to gerrymandering.
What you'll do after college
Geography grads have become surprisingly hot hires as every industry tries to make sense of location data. They work as GIS analysts at tech firms, cartographers at mapping companies, urban planners for city governments, transportation logisticians, and intelligence analysts for federal agencies. Many also pursue advanced work in climate modeling, public health geography, or commercial real estate analytics.
Selectivity vs. earnings
By acceptance rate
By SAT median
Earnings vs. selectivity rank
Majors in this category
| Major | Colleges | Degrees ▼ | Male/Female | Intl | 5yr Earn |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Geography & Cartography | 255 | 2,912 | 59% / 41% | 3% | $57,066 |
| 219 | 1,959 | 58% / 42% | 2% | $57,744 | |
| 29 | 459 | 49% / 51% | 4% | $51,664 | |
| 31 | 317 | 68% / 32% | 7% | $60,173 | |
| 17 | 57 | 74% / 26% | 2% | $57,771 | |
| 1 | 39 | 85% / 15% | 3% | ||
| 1 | 24 | 54% / 33% | 25% | ||
| 1 | 21 | 67% / 33% | 0% | ||
| 1 | 13 | 77% / 23% | 8% | $66,837 | |
| 3 | 10 | 90% / 10% | 0% | ||
| 1 | 8 | 75% / 25% | 12% | ||
| 1 | 5 | 60% / 40% | 20% |