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Geography & Cartography at Colgate University

Geography & Cartography at Colgate University

Every geography & cartography school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the geography program at Colgate University stacks up to those at other schools.

Colgate is located in Hamilton, New York and approximately 3,054 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.

Colgate Geography & Cartography Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Geography

Colgate Geography & Cartography Rankings

The geography major at Colgate 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 Colgate

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

Colgate Geography & Cartography Bachelor’s Program

71% Women
29% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 29% of geography bachelor's degrees went to men and 71% went to women. The typical geography bachelor's degree program is made up of only 43% women. So female students are more repesented at Colgate since its program graduates 28% more women than average.

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About 57% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in geography at Colgate are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 5% 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 Colgate University with a bachelor's in geography.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 8
International Students 2
Other Races/Ethnicities 3

Concentrations Within Geography & Cartography

If you plan to be a geography major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Colgate University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Geography 7

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 NY, the home state for Colgate University.

Occupation Jobs in NY Average Salary in NY
Managers 16,600 $124,160
Geography Professors 220 $90,390
Cartographers and Photogrammetrists 170 $78,780

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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