Geography, Other
CIP Code: 45.0799A geography, other degree prepares graduates for careers in Managers, all other, Geographers, Geography teachers, postsecondary. 21 colleges and universities offer this program.
Annual Degrees Awarded
213
Colleges Offering
21
Avg. Career Salary
$106,827
Top Career Salary
$136,550
Geography, Other Salary by College
Nationally, bachelor’s graduates in this field earn a median $57,853 four years after graduating (middle half: $42,482–$75,644). Where you study it matters: across 117 colleges with reported results, pay ranges from $40,871 to $78,390.
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| # | College | 4 yrs after | Wage-adjusted | 1 yr after | Median debt | Outcome Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | George Washington University Washington, DC | $78,390 | $68,690 | $52,883 | $25,000 | A+ |
| 6 | University of Connecticut-Hartford Campus Hartford, CT | $76,851 | $69,190 | — | — | B+ |
| 5 | University of Connecticut-Stamford Stamford, CT | $76,851 | $69,190 | — | — | B+ |
| 4 | University of Connecticut-Avery Point Groton, CT | $76,851 | $69,190 | — | — | B+ |
| 3 | University of Connecticut-Waterbury Campus Waterbury, CT | $76,851 | $69,190 | — | — | B+ |
| 2 | University of Connecticut Storrs, CT | $76,851 | $69,190 | — | — | A |
| 7 | Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville Edwardsville, IL | $75,877 | $74,549 | $44,543 | $18,750 | C+ |
| 8 | California State University-Sacramento Sacramento, CA | $75,234 | $68,458 | $48,227 | $15,974 | C+ |
| 9 | University of Nevada-Reno Reno, NV | $74,864 | $77,700 | $53,079 | — | B |
| 10 | George Mason University Fairfax, VA | $74,692 | $68,014 | $49,568 | $20,500 | B+ |
| 11 | Dartmouth College Hanover, NH | $72,985 | $67,226 | $56,756 | — | A+ |
| 12 | Syracuse University Syracuse, NY | $71,543 | $68,094 | — | $27,000 | A |
| 13 | Binghamton University Vestal, NY | $71,207 | $67,774 | $40,434 | $20,500 | A |
| 14 | California State University-Chico Chico, CA | $69,500 | $63,240 | $40,380 | — | B |
| 15 | Illinois State University Normal, IL | $69,383 | $68,168 | $34,952 | $16,750 | B |
| 16 | California State University-Northridge Northridge, CA | $69,323 | $63,079 | $27,002 | $12,500 | C |
| 17 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus University Park, PA | $68,993 | $70,166 | $46,477 | $26,000 | A |
| 18 | University at Buffalo Buffalo, NY | $68,176 | $64,889 | $29,390 | $24,510 | B+ |
| 19 | University of California-Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA | $67,521 | $61,440 | $37,398 | $14,000 | A |
| 20 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus Albuquerque, NM | $67,336 | $77,965 | $32,096 | — | C |
| 22 | University of Florida-Online Gainesville, FL | $67,276 | $71,607 | $43,856 | $16,407 | A |
| 21 | University of Florida Gainesville, FL | $67,276 | $71,607 | $43,856 | $16,407 | A+ |
| 23 | University of California-Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA | $67,193 | $61,141 | $36,776 | $13,296 | A+ |
| 24 | California State University-Fresno Fresno, CA | $66,863 | $60,841 | — | — | C+ |
| 25 | Metropolitan State University of Denver Denver, CO | $66,429 | $62,124 | $44,861 | — | F |
| 26 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College Baton Rouge, LA | $66,168 | $76,594 | — | — | A |
| 27 | Park University Parkville, MO | $65,890 | $70,648 | $58,786 | — | C+ |
| 29 | Arizona State University Digital Immersion Scottsdale, AZ | $65,759 | $67,568 | $49,267 | $24,293 | B+ |
| 28 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion Tempe, AZ | $65,759 | $67,568 | $49,267 | $24,293 | B+ |
| 30 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Blacksburg, VA | $65,259 | $59,424 | $39,328 | $19,500 | A |
| 31 | Texas A & M University-College Station College Station, TX | $65,228 | $66,318 | $54,204 | $16,479 | A |
| 32 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus Seattle, WA | $64,950 | $59,740 | $42,489 | $17,501 | A |
| 33 | Brigham Young University Provo, UT | $64,875 | $61,486 | $40,051 | $11,210 | A |
| 34 | University of Maryland-College Park College Park, MD | $63,835 | $56,023 | $40,913 | $23,250 | A+ |
| 35 | James Madison University Harrisonburg, VA | $63,768 | $58,067 | $45,094 | $19,500 | B+ |
| 36 | San Francisco State University San Francisco, CA | $63,590 | $57,863 | $24,875 | $16,359 | B |
| 37 | Radford University Radford, VA | $63,552 | $57,870 | — | $25,000 | D |
| 38 | Central Michigan University Mount Pleasant, MI | $62,999 | $66,425 | — | $26,250 | C+ |
| 39 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania Slippery Rock, PA | $62,659 | $63,725 | — | — | C+ |
| 40 | University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Whitewater, WI | $62,589 | $65,127 | $37,521 | $18,875 | C+ |
| 41 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL | $62,504 | $61,410 | $42,214 | $24,623 | A+ |
| 42 | The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX | $62,438 | $63,481 | $36,878 | $21,500 | A+ |
| 43 | University of Northern Colorado Greeley, CO | $62,369 | $58,327 | $36,996 | — | D |
| 44 | Grand Valley State University Allendale, MI | $61,831 | $65,194 | $35,838 | $19,324 | B |
| 45 | Texas Tech University Lubbock, TX | $60,831 | $61,847 | — | — | B+ |
| 46 | Texas State University San Marcos, TX | $60,646 | $61,659 | $44,909 | $20,123 | C+ |
| 47 | Ohio State University-Main Campus Columbus, OH | $60,363 | $64,416 | $44,789 | $20,500 | A |
| 48 | University of Iowa Iowa City, IA | $59,578 | $62,669 | $45,566 | $19,572 | A |
| 49 | SUNY College at Geneseo Geneseo, NY | $59,528 | $56,658 | $33,758 | $14,575 | B+ |
| 50 | University of South Carolina-Columbia Columbia, SC | $59,472 | $65,945 | $46,929 | $21,500 | A |
| 51 | University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI | $59,424 | $61,834 | $42,997 | $18,689 | A+ |
| 52 | Salem State University Salem, MA | $58,593 | $51,597 | $32,504 | $21,500 | D |
| 53 | University of Minnesota-Duluth Duluth, MN | $58,569 | $55,946 | — | — | B |
| 54 | Salisbury University Salisbury, MD | $58,548 | $51,383 | $25,255 | $25,000 | C+ |
| 55 | Appalachian State University Boone, NC | $58,289 | $62,552 | $41,648 | $18,125 | C+ |
| 56 | University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire Eau Claire, WI | $58,129 | $60,486 | $40,048 | $21,001 | B |
| 57 | San Diego State University San Diego, CA | $58,004 | $52,780 | $38,648 | $14,999 | B |
| 58 | Keene State College Keene, NH | $57,900 | $53,332 | — | — | D |
| 59 | Millersville University of Pennsylvania Millersville, PA | $57,825 | $58,809 | — | — | C+ |
| 60 | University of Colorado Boulder Boulder, CO | $57,677 | $53,939 | $32,078 | $16,500 | B+ |
| 61 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Milwaukee, WI | $57,604 | $59,940 | $32,052 | $22,361 | C+ |
| 62 | Rowan University Glassboro, NJ | $57,567 | $50,526 | $44,380 | $22,500 | C |
| 63 | Bridgewater State University Bridgewater, MA | $57,550 | $50,679 | — | $27,000 | D |
| 64 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona Pomona, CA | $57,424 | $52,252 | $35,426 | $13,000 | B+ |
| 65 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus Denver, CO | $57,285 | $53,573 | $39,104 | $21,500 | C+ |
| 66 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte Charlotte, NC | $57,208 | $61,392 | $42,210 | $22,750 | B |
| 67 | SUNY Oneonta Oneonta, NY | $57,154 | $54,399 | $38,784 | $20,204 | C+ |
| 68 | West Virginia University Morgantown, WV | $57,075 | $67,523 | $34,435 | $23,089 | B+ |
| 69 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick New Brunswick, NJ | $56,979 | $50,010 | $26,701 | — | A |
| 70 | University of Louisville Louisville, KY | $56,775 | $64,286 | $37,844 | — | B |
| 71 | Michigan State University East Lansing, MI | $56,515 | $59,589 | — | — | A |
| 77 | Ohio University-Zanesville Campus Zanesville, OH | $56,381 | $60,167 | $33,199 | $26,000 | B |
| 76 | Ohio University-Main Campus Athens, OH | $56,381 | $60,167 | $33,199 | $26,000 | C+ |
| 75 | Ohio University-Lancaster Campus Lancaster, OH | $56,381 | $60,167 | $33,199 | $26,000 | C |
| 74 | Ohio University-Southern Campus Ironton, OH | $56,381 | $60,167 | $33,199 | $26,000 | B |
| 73 | Ohio University-Chillicothe Campus Chillicothe, OH | $56,381 | $60,167 | $33,199 | $26,000 | B |
| 72 | Ohio University-Eastern Campus Saint Clairsville, OH | $56,381 | $60,167 | $33,199 | $26,000 | C |
| 78 | University of Missouri-Columbia Columbia, MO | $56,191 | $60,249 | $38,726 | $18,786 | A |
| 79 | University of Oregon Eugene, OR | $56,165 | $56,496 | $45,030 | $18,917 | B |
| 80 | Sam Houston State University Huntsville, TX | $56,151 | $57,089 | $35,936 | $18,750 | C |
| 81 | Minnesota State University-Mankato Mankato, MN | $56,022 | $53,513 | $40,553 | — | C |
| 82 | University of Wyoming Laramie, WY | $55,889 | $58,249 | — | — | B |
| 83 | Northwest Missouri State University Maryville, MO | $55,656 | $59,675 | — | — | C |
| 84 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro Greensboro, NC | $55,532 | $59,594 | $25,975 | $19,500 | C |
| 85 | Central Connecticut State University New Britain, CT | $55,274 | $49,764 | — | — | C |
| 86 | University of South Florida Tampa, FL | $54,944 | $58,481 | $39,259 | — | B+ |
| 87 | University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT | $54,757 | $51,897 | $41,052 | $13,875 | B+ |
| 88 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville Knoxville, TN | $54,656 | $59,706 | $44,553 | $24,500 | B+ |
| 89 | Portland State University Portland, OR | $54,310 | $54,630 | $35,330 | $21,771 | C+ |
| 90 | Ball State University Muncie, IN | $53,992 | $57,923 | $34,274 | $24,750 | C+ |
| 91 | Framingham State University Framingham, MA | $53,840 | $47,412 | — | — | F |
| 92 | University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN | $53,666 | $51,263 | $38,019 | $19,750 | A |
| 93 | Kent State University at Kent Kent, OH | $53,656 | $57,259 | $31,414 | — | D |
| 94 | Eastern Michigan University Ypsilanti, MI | $53,455 | $56,362 | $41,103 | $15,001 | C |
| 95 | The University of Texas at San Antonio San Antonio, TX | $53,449 | $54,342 | — | $16,750 | C+ |
| 96 | Montclair State University Montclair, NJ | $53,285 | $46,767 | $42,638 | — | C+ |
| 98 | Central Washington University Ellensburg, WA | $53,081 | $48,823 | $23,553 | — | C+ |
| 97 | University of Mary Washington Fredericksburg, VA | $53,081 | $48,335 | — | $19,500 | C+ |
| 99 | Kennesaw State University Kennesaw, GA | $53,044 | $54,911 | $40,020 | $35,625 | C+ |
| 100 | University of North Texas Denton, TX | $52,712 | $53,593 | $39,960 | $18,275 | C+ |
| 101 | Macalester College Saint Paul, MN | $52,557 | $50,203 | $30,053 | $19,049 | B+ |
| 102 | Florida State University Tallahassee, FL | $52,537 | $55,919 | $35,608 | $26,707 | A |
| 103 | University of North Alabama Florence, AL | $50,445 | $57,259 | $41,076 | $29,750 | C |
| 104 | Western Michigan University Kalamazoo, MI | $49,921 | $52,636 | — | $22,250 | C+ |
| 105 | Augustana College Rock Island, IL | $49,763 | $48,892 | $40,683 | $27,000 | B+ |
| 106 | Pennsylvania Western University California, PA | $49,517 | $50,359 | $32,122 | — | D |
| 107 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC | $49,476 | $53,095 | $42,454 | — | A+ |
| 108 | The University of Alabama Tuscaloosa, AL | $49,269 | $55,925 | $40,546 | $19,750 | B+ |
| 109 | Clark University Worcester, MA | $49,230 | $43,352 | $29,713 | $26,041 | C+ |
| 110 | California State University-Fullerton Fullerton, CA | $48,979 | $44,568 | $26,040 | — | C+ |
| 111 | University of Colorado Colorado Springs Colorado Springs, CO | $48,892 | $45,724 | $36,426 | $17,500 | D |
| 112 | California State University-Long Beach Long Beach, CA | $48,715 | $44,327 | $32,198 | $18,000 | B |
| 113 | Old Dominion University Norfolk, VA | $48,280 | $43,963 | — | — | D |
| 114 | Northern Illinois University Dekalb, IL | $47,738 | $46,902 | — | — | C+ |
| 115 | Jacksonville State University Jacksonville, AL | $46,817 | $53,141 | — | — | D |
| 116 | Worcester State University Worcester, MA | $41,054 | $36,152 | — | — | C |
| 117 | University of Vermont Burlington, VT | $40,871 | $41,978 | $33,424 | $16,034 | B+ |
Bachelor’s degrees. Wage-adjusted = pay ÷ √(state wage index). Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard field-of-study data.
What Can You Do With a Geography, Other Degree?
Graduates with this degree pursue careers in the following fields:
$106,827
Average Salary Across Careers
$136,550
Highest Paying Career
3
Career Paths Available
Best Colleges for Geography, Other
Ranked by Repit grade, then by degrees awarded. These are the top-rated colleges that produce the most graduates in geography, other.
| # | College | Location | Degrees Awarded | Repit Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pennsylvania State University-World Campus | University Park, PA | 60 | C |
| 2 | Portland Community College | Portland, OR | 27 | C |
Largest Geography, Other Programs
Schools ranked by number of graduates. These institutions produce the most geography, other graduates annually, including online and distance learning programs.
| # | College | Location | Degrees Awarded | Repit Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pennsylvania State University-World Campus | University Park, PA | 60 | C |
| 2 | Portland Community College | Portland, OR | 27 | C |
213
Degrees Awarded Annually
21
Colleges Offering Program
3
Related Careers
About Geography, Other
Geography, Other is a degree program offered at 21 colleges and universities across the United States. Each year, approximately 213 students graduate with this degree.
Graduates with this degree can pursue careers such as managers, all other, geographers, geography teachers, postsecondary.
Program Classification
CIP Code
45.0799
Field (2-digit CIP)
45
Category (4-digit CIP)
45.07
Frequently Asked Questions
What can I do with a Geography, Other degree?
A Geography, Other degree can lead to careers as a
managers, all other, geographers, geography teachers, postsecondary,
and more.
Top earners in related careers can make up to $136,550 annually.
How many colleges offer Geography, Other?
21 colleges and universities in the United States offer
Geography, Other as a degree program. Each year, approximately 213
students graduate with this degree.
What are the best colleges for Geography, Other?
The best colleges for Geography, Other based on Repit's ratings include
Pennsylvania State University-World Campus, Portland Community College.
Rankings are based on the college's overall Repit grade and the number of degrees awarded in this program.
What is the salary potential with a Geography, Other degree?
Graduates with a Geography, Other degree can expect average salaries around $106,827
in related careers, with top earners making up to $136,550.
Actual salaries depend on the specific career path, experience level, and location.