Geography & Cartography at East Carolina University

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

ECU is located in Greenville, North Carolina and approximately 28,798 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.

ECU Geography & Cartography Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Geography
• Master’s Degree in Geography

ECU Geography & Cartography Rankings

The geography major at ECU 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 ECU

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

ECU Geography & Cartography Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 40% of geography bachelor's degrees went to men and 60% went to women. The typical geography bachelor's degree program is made up of only 43% women. So female students are more repesented at ECU since its program graduates 17% more women than average.

About 70% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in geography at ECU are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	7
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

ECU Geography & Cartography Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of geography master's degrees went to men and 50% went to women.

Of the students who received a geography master's degree from ECU, 83% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Geography & Cartography

The following geography concentations are available at East Carolina University. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from East Carolina University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Geography	8

Related Majors

• International Relations & National Security
• Anthropology
• Sociology
• 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 NC, the home state for East Carolina University.

Occupation	Jobs in NC	Average Salary in NC
Managers	11,990	$121,500
Cartographers and Photogrammetrists	650	$56,530
Geography Professors	120	$84,100

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 Luca Masters under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.