Geography & Cartography at Ball State University

If you plan to study geography & cartography, take a look at what Ball State University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Ball State is located in Muncie, Indiana and approximately 21,597 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Geography & Cartography section at the bottom of this page.

Ball State Geography & Cartography Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Geography
• Master’s Degree in Geography

Ball State Geography & Cartography Rankings

The geography major at Ball State is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Geography & Cartography. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Geography Student Demographics at Ball State

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the geography majors at Ball State University.

Ball State Geography & Cartography Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 38% of geography bachelor's degrees went to men and 62% went to women. The typical geography bachelor's degree program is made up of only 43% women. So female students are more repesented at Ball State since its program graduates 19% more women than average.

About 85% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in geography at Ball State are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Ball State University with a bachelor's in geography.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	11
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Ball State Geography & Cartography Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 0% of geography master's degrees went to men and 100% went to women.

Of the students who received a geography master's degree from Ball State, 67% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level. In the geography master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 33% of degree recipients. That is 10% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Ball State University with a master's in geography.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	2
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Geography & Cartography

The following geography concentations are available at Ball State University. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Ball State University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Geography	21
Geographic Information Science	1

Related Majors

• Political Science & Government
• Anthropology
• Sociology
• Economics

Careers That Geography Grads May Go Into

A degree in geography can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for IN, the home state for Ball State University.

Occupation	Jobs in IN	Average Salary in IN
Managers	7,290	$71,560
Cartographers and Photogrammetrists	60	$57,420

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Travisleehardin under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.