Geography & Cartography at Dartmouth College

Every geography and 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 Dartmouth College stacks up to those at other schools.

Dartmouth is located in Hanover, New Hampshire and has a total student population of 6,292. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 39 students received a bachelor's degree in geography from Dartmouth.

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.

Dartmouth Geography & Cartography Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Geography

Dartmouth Geography & Cartography Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the geography progam at Dartmouth 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 Dartmouth 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
	8
	11
Best Value Geography & Cartography Bachelor’s Degree Schools	145

Earnings of Dartmouth Geography Graduates

The median salary of geography students who receive their bachelor's degree at Dartmouth is $40,623. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 17% higher than the national average of $34,640 for all geography bachelor's degree recipients.

Geography Student Demographics at Dartmouth

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

Dartmouth Geography & Cartography Bachelor’s Program

Of the 39 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in geography from Dartmouth in 2021, 26% were men and 74% were women. The typical geography bachelor's degree program is made up of only 43% women. So female students are more repesented at Dartmouth since its program graduates 32% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 16% 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 Dartmouth College with a bachelor's in geography.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	18
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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

Related Majors

• Sociology
• Anthropology
• 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 NH, the home state for Dartmouth College.

Occupation	Jobs in NH	Average Salary in NH
Managers	950	$123,580
Cartographers and Photogrammetrists	120	$53,990

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 Kane5187 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.