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Most Popular Schools for Geography Major & Degree Program

A program that focuses on the systematic study of the spatial distribution and interrelationships of people, natural resources, plant and animal life. Includes instruction in historical and political geography, cultural geography, economic and physical geography, regional science, cartographic methods, remote sensing, spatial analysis, and applications to areas such as land-use planning, development studies, and analyses of specific countries, regions, and resources.


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Rank School Name Students % of Total Total On-Campus Cost
1 Pennsylvania State University-World Campus 192 5% $15,828
2 University of Washington-Seattle Campus 132 1% $27,638
3 University of California-Los Angeles 90 1% $34,620
4 The University of Texas at Austin 85 1% $26,506
5 University of Colorado Colorado Springs 71 3% $25,843
6 Arizona State University-Tempe 69 1% $28,048
7 California State University-Long Beach 69 1% $24,738
8 University of Colorado Boulder 66 1% $31,044
9 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University 59 1% $26,834
10 James Madison University 56 1% $27,356
11 Arizona State University-Skysong 54 1% $27,521
12 University of North Texas 49 1% $24,712
13 Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus 48 0% $36,652
14 Texas State University 47 1% $23,130
15 Ohio University-Main Campus 47 0% $28,986
16 San Francisco State University 45 1% $27,480
17 California State Polytechnic University-Pomona 44 1% $28,891
18 CUNY Hunter College 43 1% $22,379
19 University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus 40 0% $33,503
20 Salisbury University 40 2% $25,774
21 University of North Carolina at Charlotte 40 1% $23,694
22 Western Michigan University 40 1% $26,009
23 Macalester College 39 8% $68,627
24 Western Washington University 39 1% $24,077
25 The University of Alabama 39 0% $29,872
26 Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville 38 1% $25,637
27 University of Louisville 37 1% $27,980
28 Appalachian State University 36 1% $19,194
29 Portland State University 36 1% $26,085
30 California State University-Northridge 36 0% $22,969
31 George Mason University 36 0% $30,284
32 University of Georgia 36 0% $26,688
33 University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus 36 1% $29,357
34 California State University-Sacramento 35 0% $26,454
35 Park University 34 1% $24,499
36 United States Air Force Academy 34 3% N/A
37 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 34 0% $23,811
38 California State University-Fullerton 33 0% $27,738
39 University of Missouri-Columbia 33 0% $26,766
40 University of North Dakota 32 1% $22,091
41 University of Florida 32 0% $21,211
42 Dartmouth College 32 2% $74,359
43 Ohio State University-Main Campus 31 0% $27,367
44 University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras 31 1% $19,876
45 Towson University 30 1% $26,834
46 University of Minnesota-Twin Cities 30 0% $27,898
47 San Diego State University 29 0% $29,318
48 University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire 28 1% $20,349
49 University of New Mexico-Main Campus 28 1% $22,639
50 University of Oregon 28 0% $27,366
51 Grand Valley State University 28 0% $24,948
52 The University of Tennessee-Knoxville 28 0% $31,510
53 Michigan State University 27 0% $28,862
54 California State University-Los Angeles 27 0% $26,139
55 Old Dominion University 27 1% $26,456
56 University of Wisconsin-Madison 27 0% $26,025
57 George Washington University 27 0% $71,930
58 The University of Montana 27 1% $20,966
59 Florida State University 26 0% $22,168
60 Ball State University 25 0% $24,550
61 Sam Houston State University 25 1% $22,478
62 Texas A & M University-College Station 25 0% $29,506
63 University of Arizona 25 0% $29,217
64 University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point 25 1% $19,069
65 Miami University-Oxford 25 1% $33,229
66 Clark University 25 3% $56,650
67 Western Kentucky University 25 1% $21,840
68 University of North Carolina at Greensboro 24 1% $21,297
69 Illinois State University 23 0% $29,758
70 University of Idaho 23 1% $21,350
71 Rowan University 23 1% $32,099
72 Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus 23 1% $28,595
73 University of Wyoming 23 1% $19,960
74 West Virginia University 22 0% $23,294
75 Southern Illinois University-Carbondale 22 1% $29,367
76 University of California-Santa Barbara 22 0% $36,659
77 Kansas State University 21 0% $24,923
78 Kent State University at Kent 21 0% $25,886
79 Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College 21 0% $30,360
80 Minnesota State University-Mankato 21 1% $20,482
81 West Chester University of Pennsylvania 21 0% $27,074
82 University of Wisconsin-La Crosse 21 1% $17,514
83 Texas Tech University 21 0% $24,472
84 SUNY College at Geneseo 21 2% $25,761
85 State University of New York at New Paltz 21 1% $25,641
86 University of Mary Washington 20 2% $28,626
87 Worcester State University 20 1% $26,491
88 University of California-Berkeley 20 0% $38,066
89 University of Denver 20 1% $67,656
90 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 20 0% $30,102
91 Northern Illinois University 20 0% $29,117
92 California State University-Chico 19 0% $24,624
93 Humboldt State University 19 1% $24,811
94 South Dakota State University 19 1% $23,127
95 University of Nebraska at Omaha 19 1% $22,300
96 Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania 19 1% $25,147
97 Syracuse University 19 0% $70,636
98 University of South Carolina-Columbia 19 0% $28,301
99 East Carolina University 19 0% $21,672
100 University of Iowa 18 0% $24,239

This list indicates the number of students that completed the Geography program at the schools above.
It is not necessarily an indicator of academic rigor or quality of education.
Note that some schools do not have enough data to be ranked, and these schools will not appear in our lists.