Bachelor's degree · Social sciences · CIP 45.07
Geography and Cartography: earnings and debt by college
The College Scorecard lists 257 colleges that award bachelor's degrees in Geography and Cartography, together awarding 2,952 of these degrees in the most recent year. At the median institution, graduates who received federal aid earn $45,168 one year after finishing and $60,248 five years after finishing (two separate graduating classes). The median institution's graduates leave with $20,063 in federal student loans.
Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
Compare Geography and Cartography programs on one chart
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Each dot is one institution's program; branch campuses share their institution's figures and appear as one dot. Dashed lines mark the median for all colleges. Showing 41 of 245; programs missing either value are left out (the Scorecard withholds figures for small programs).
Colleges with a bachelor's in Geography and Cartography
| University of Washington-Seattle Campus Seattle · Public | WA | 108 | $52,519 | $78,924 | $11,247 |
| Arizona State University Digital Immersion Scottsdale · Public | AZ | 104 | $54,367 | $63,990 | $26,043 |
| United States Military Academy West Point · Public | NY | 64 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| University of California-Santa Barbara Santa Barbara · Public | CA | 60 | $45,501 | $75,751 | $11,817 |
| University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison · Public | WI | 55 | $45,760 | $61,366 | $19,782 |
| James Madison University Harrisonburg · Public | VA | 52 | $46,229 | $72,159 | $16,121 |
| Texas A&M University-College Station College Station · Public | TX | 48 | $55,165 | $73,911 | $20,927 |
| University of California-Los Angeles Los Angeles · Public | CA | 46 | $42,256 | $67,614 | $11,212 |
| Arizona State University Campus Immersion Tempe · Public | AZ | 45 | $54,367 | $63,990 | $26,043 |
| San Diego State University San Diego · Public | CA | 43 | n/a | $67,268 | $13,499 |
| Texas State University San Marcos · Public | TX | 43 | $40,746 | $66,325 | $22,250 |
| University of Colorado Colorado Springs Colorado Springs · Public | CO | 43 | $41,451 | $53,013 | $19,875 |
| University of North Texas Denton · Public | TX | 40 | $44,237 | $60,203 | $23,800 |
| Kennesaw State University Kennesaw · Public | GA | 39 | $47,430 | $58,689 | $17,053 |
| University of North Carolina at Charlotte Charlotte · Public | NC | 38 | $44,288 | $63,866 | $23,522 |
| California State University-Long Beach Long Beach · Public | CA | 37 | $35,447 | $69,351 | $13,000 |
| University of Arizona Tucson · Public | AZ | 36 | $50,540 | n/a | $21,250 |
| California State University-Sacramento Sacramento · Public | CA | 34 | $47,029 | $64,821 | $13,300 |
| The University of Texas at Austin Austin · Public | TX | 34 | $49,091 | $64,741 | $17,375 |
| Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Blacksburg · Public | VA | 33 | $45,252 | $64,794 | $25,594 |
| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill · Public | NC | 32 | n/a | $75,093 | n/a |
| Brigham Young University Provo · Private nonprofit | UT | 30 | n/a | $69,973 | n/a |
| University of Utah Salt Lake City · Public | UT | 30 | n/a | $64,213 | $15,000 |
| University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire Eau Claire · Public | WI | 30 | $39,384 | $55,646 | $21,750 |
| The University of Tennessee-Knoxville Knoxville · Public | TN | 29 | n/a | $55,286 | $15,625 |
| University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus Denver · Public | CO | 29 | $47,158 | $61,789 | $21,500 |
| University of Oregon Eugene · Public | OR | 29 | $45,456 | $57,499 | $17,834 |
| Sonoma State University Rohnert Park · Public | CA | 28 | $45,124 | n/a | $17,875 |
| California State Polytechnic University-Pomona Pomona · Public | CA | 27 | $37,595 | $65,775 | $15,000 |
| San Francisco State University San Francisco · Public | CA | 27 | $43,637 | $70,244 | n/a |
| California State University-Northridge Northridge · Public | CA | 26 | n/a | $68,173 | n/a |
| University at Buffalo Buffalo · Public | NY | 26 | $47,658 | $64,292 | $19,500 |
| University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign · Public | IL | 26 | n/a | $74,300 | n/a |
| University of Maryland-College Park College Park · Public | MD | 26 | $49,871 | $73,694 | n/a |
| Syracuse University Syracuse · Private nonprofit | NY | 25 | n/a | $76,509 | $21,500 |
| University of Connecticut Storrs · Public | CT | 24 | n/a | n/a | $21,250 |
| University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Minneapolis · Public | MN | 24 | $42,622 | $58,878 | $20,250 |
| Oregon State University Corvallis · Public | OR | 23 | $49,819 | $64,457 | $22,843 |
| Park University Parkville · Private nonprofit | MO | 23 | $55,394 | $72,453 | $7,938 |
| University of Denver Denver · Private nonprofit | CO | 23 | n/a | n/a | $18,500 |
| Appalachian State University Boone · Public | NC | 22 | $39,131 | $67,974 | $19,500 |
| Illinois State University Normal · Public | IL | 22 | $46,974 | $68,955 | $20,500 |
| The University of Texas at San Antonio San Antonio · Public | TX | 21 | $44,616 | n/a | $22,250 |
| California State University-Fullerton Fullerton · Public | CA | 20 | $45,212 | $48,588 | n/a |
| University of South Carolina-Columbia Columbia · Public | SC | 20 | $49,797 | $62,710 | $17,985 |
| Middlebury College Middlebury · Private nonprofit | VT | 19 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Rowan University Glassboro · Public | NJ | 19 | $46,042 | $51,758 | $24,000 |
| University of Louisville Louisville · Public | KY | 19 | n/a | $61,659 | n/a |
| University of South Florida Tampa · Public | FL | 19 | $40,823 | $63,414 | n/a |
| University of Vermont Burlington · Public | VT | 19 | n/a | n/a | $26,000 |
Quick facts: Geography and Cartography
- How many colleges offer a bachelor's degree in Geography and Cartography?
- The College Scorecard lists 257 colleges that award bachelor's degrees in Geography and Cartography.
- How much do Geography and Cartography graduates earn?
- Across institutions, the median of graduates' median earnings is $45,168 one year after graduation (72 institutions reporting) and $60,248 five years after graduation (114 institutions reporting). These figures cover graduates who received federal aid and are working and not enrolled in school. Branch campuses share their institution's figures, so each institution counts once.
- Where do Geography and Cartography graduates earn the most five years after graduation?
- By reported median earnings five years after graduation: George Washington University ($101,850), Dartmouth College ($91,099), University of Washington-Seattle Campus ($78,924), George Mason University ($78,310), and Syracuse University ($76,509).
- How much student debt do Geography and Cartography graduates have?
- The median institution's Geography and Cartography graduates leave with $20,063 in federal student loans (48 institutions reporting). Parent PLUS and private loans are not included.
- Which colleges award the most Geography and Cartography degrees?
- By bachelor's degrees awarded in the most recent year: University of Washington-Seattle Campus (108), Arizona State University Digital Immersion (104), United States Military Academy (64), University of California-Santa Barbara (60), and University of Wisconsin-Madison (55).
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How these numbers work
Figures cover bachelor's degree programs in Geography and Cartography (CIP code 45.07), as reported in the College Scorecard. Earnings are medians for graduates who received federal aid, measured one and five years after they finished, among those working and not enrolled in school; the one-year and five-year figures describe different graduating classes. Debt is the median federal loan balance at graduation. The Scorecard withholds figures for programs with few graduates, so many smaller programs show n/a. Summary figures are medians across institutions: the Scorecard reports program earnings and debt for a whole institution, so branch campuses share one figure and count once. All figures are from the Scorecard's most recent field-of-study release. More on the data.