Geography at Colgate University

29% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

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

Colgate is located in Hamilton, New York and has a total student population of 3,054.

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

Colgate Geography Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Geography

Colgate Geography Rankings

The geography major at Colgate is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Geography. 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 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 44% women. So female students are more repesented at Colgate since its program graduates 27% more women than average.

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 3% 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.

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

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

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
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