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Geography & Cartography at Brigham Young University - Provo

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Geography & Cartography at Brigham Young University - Provo

What traits are you looking for in a geography school? To help you decide if Brigham Young University - Provo is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's geography program.

BYU is located in Provo, Utah and approximately 36,461 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 68 students received a bachelor's degree in geography from BYU.

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.

BYU Geography & Cartography Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Geography

BYU Geography & Cartography Rankings

The geography major at BYU 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.

In 2021, 0 student received their master’s degree in geography from BYU. This is the #136 most popular school for geography master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do Geography Graduates from BYU Make?

The median salary of geography students who receive their bachelor's degree at BYU is $39,884. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 15% higher than the national average of $34,640 for all geography bachelor's degree recipients.

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Geography Student Demographics at BYU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the geography majors at Brigham Young University - Provo.

BYU Geography & Cartography Bachelor’s Program

54% Women
15% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
In the 2020-2021 academic year, 68 students earned a bachelor's degree in geography from BYU. About 54% of these graduates were women and the other 46% were men. The typical geography bachelor's degree program is made up of only 43% women. So female students are more repesented at BYU since its program graduates 12% more women than average.

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About 78% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in geography at BYU 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 Brigham Young University - Provo with a bachelor's in geography.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 3
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 2
White 53
International Students 4
Other Races/Ethnicities 6

BYU also has a doctoral program available in geography. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

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 UT, the home state for Brigham Young University - Provo.

Occupation Jobs in UT Average Salary in UT
Managers 3,310 $102,290
Cartographers and Photogrammetrists 160 $57,310
Geography Professors 60 $73,890

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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