Geography & Cartography at Bucknell University

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

Bucknell is located in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania and has a total student population of 3,726. Of the 1,077 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Bucknell University in 2021, 7 of them were geography and cartography majors.

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.

Bucknell Geography & Cartography Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Geography

Bucknell Geography & Cartography Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the geography progam at Bucknell compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The geography major at Bucknell 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
	14
Most Focused Geography & Cartography Bachelor’s Degree Schools	52
Best Value Geography & Cartography Bachelor’s Degree Schools	175
Best Value Geography & Cartography Schools	218
Most Popular Geography & Cartography Schools	259

Geography Student Demographics at Bucknell

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

Bucknell Geography & Cartography Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 43% of geography bachelor's degrees went to men and 57% went to women. The typical geography bachelor's degree program is made up of only 43% women. So female students are more repesented at Bucknell since its program graduates 14% more women than average.

About 57% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in geography at Bucknell are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 18% more racial-ethnic minorities in its geography bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	4
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

• Anthropology
• Sociology
• International Relations & National Security
• Political Science & Government
• 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 PA, the home state for Bucknell University.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
Managers	11,060	$126,290
Geography Professors	180	$92,050
Cartographers and Photogrammetrists	90	$63,360

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 Balon Greyjoy under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.