2024 Best Colleges for Geography and Cartography

SUMMARY

Going to school for Geography and Cartography is a valuable choice and generally an essential first step for undergraduates trying to begin a career as a geoscientist, a gis developer, or a geospatial intelligence analyst. Interestingly, geography and cartography is a fairly common choice ranking as the 86th most popular major. Last year, there were 4,690 geography and cartography diplomas received. In-state tuition for geography and cartography at private institutions is, on average, 4.6 times more pricey than their public counterparts.

There are 291 universities that offer geography and cartography. This number of colleges is on par with other majors offered in the United States. If you are looking to immerse yourself with other geography and cartography majors, look at universities in California which have the most undergrads admitted to geography and cartography annually. Zooming out, the best region to get a degree in geography and cartography is in the Far West region with University of California-Los Angeles, University of California-Santa Barbara, and University of Washington-Seattle Campus best representing the region. Interestingly, our pick for the best conference to major in geography and cartography is the Pacific-12 Conference with University of California-Los Angeles, University of Washington-Seattle Campus, and Arizona State University-Skysong representing the conference. Based on our extensive list of the best colleges, our choice for the best college for geography and cartography is University of Chicago.

The overall 'best' school does not have to be the 'best' school for you. There might be a bunch more angels to consider when choosing college. Stuff like campus amenities, transportation services, and food would alter your choice of which college to attend. At Authority, we have weighed the pros and cons for you. If, for example, you want to know which geography and cartography college has the best campus, the winner is University of California-Los Angeles. If you are mostly interested in which school has the top campus, we have a whole list dedicated to that. We have carefully pored through government databases, student reviews, professor reviews, and more so we can evaluate each major in an unbiased and informative way. Here you can explore our comprehensive list for the schools with the best student life&nbspand from that list, our pick for the school with the best student life for geography and cartography is University of Wisconsin-Madison. Curious why? Keep scrolling to learn more about our top choices. Some of our picks just might shock you.

If price is a significant deciding factor in your choice of where you attend college, you might consider avoiding Colgate University. Colgate University&nbspappears to be the most expensive college for geography and cartography, at least regarding out of state attendance. We do have an entire page for the most expensive&nbspuniversities that might put the price tag at Colgate University&nbspinto perspective. Additionally, you may care to know that geography and cartography is the 134th most expensive degree in America, with an average associated cost of $35,200. To zoom out a little, the most costly state for geography and cartography nationally is District of Columbia with costs at the main school, George Washington University, of $54,453. Even more broadly, the most costly region for geography and cartography is the New England region which is best demonstrated with Mount Holyoke College with a cost of $52,040, Dartmouth College with a cost of $55,605, and Middlebury College with a cost of $55,790.

Our cheapest region for geography and cartography is the Southeast region which is represented by Arkansas Tech University with a cost of $11,136, Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College with a cost of $8,038, and University of Southern Mississippi with a cost of $10,786. On the bright side, the most affordable college for geography and cartography is California State University-Long Beach. Authority.org's full list of the most affordable universities can be explored here.

In-state students can expect to pay about $10,200 for a degree in geography and cartography. The cost swells intensely to a median of $23,700 for the out-of-state public-school student. On that note, our choice for the university representing the best value for geography and cartography: Dartmouth College. On this page you will see our comprehensive list on the universities we believe to be the best value&nbspin general. Do know, this idea is based on the assumption that you are an out-of-state student. The value proposition changes when in-state tuition costs are considered, but as we do not know what state(s) you might qualify for in-state tuition, we are approaching this discussion through out-of-state tuition costs.

Earnings for geography and cartography students vary widely, but within two-years of finishing the degree students will typically make in the neighborhood of $61,200. There can be a lot of variation in pay; top earners can rake in up to $95,100. Even right out of college, the lowest end positions within the geography and cartography field make $39,800, which is an alright wage. The highest earning grads for geography and cartography studied at Dartmouth College&nbspand if you want to find the colleges with all of the highest earning graduates, we have that too.

The general diversity of geography and cartography ranks subpar, ranking in the 49th percentile of all programs. The school with the highest composite diversity for geography and cartography is University of Chicago&nbspand here you can find our comprehensive list of the universities with the most diversity. The financial diversity of Geography and Cartography is only in the 70th percentile of all majors. Racial diversity is even less in the 42nd percentile. White students make up the largest share, 64%, of students studying geography and cartography. Additionally, 58% of scholars seeking a geography and cartography degree are men.

The median score of geography and cartography's professors is 3.9 stars, a score which is 2% worse than the average score for every major; which is a subpar score. If you want the most popular geography and cartography professor in the nation, take a look at Jill Knapp from Brigham Young University-Provo. This may come as a shock, but the top rated instructors for geography and cartography from student rankings are at University of Georgia. As we including data beyond basic rankings we find that the school with comprehensively the best professors for geography and cartography is University of Chicago. One can find an explanation of our evolving ranking methodology of the best overall professors here, as well as some of the best examples of instructors in the country.

Finally, the hardest college to get into for geography and cartography is University of Chicago. While we are unsure why you would be interested, we have an extensive page of the hardest colleges to get into. Although, here at Authority we hope you understand that looking at university with a lens primarily derived from superlatives might create issues. We at Authority hope you explore our other pages on different schools and explore a couple of our helpful background articles on beneficial details to think about as your college search develops.