Geography & Cartography at Eastern Michigan University

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 Eastern Michigan University stacks up to those at other schools.

Eastern Michigan is located in Ypsilanti, Michigan and has a total student population of 16,294. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 10 students received a bachelor's degree in geography from Eastern Michigan.

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.

Eastern Michigan Geography & Cartography Degrees Available

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

Eastern Michigan Geography & Cartography Rankings

The geography major at Eastern Michigan 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.

In 2021, 4 students received their master’s degree in geography from Eastern Michigan. This makes it the #78 most popular school for geography master’s degree candidates in the country.

Geography Student Demographics at Eastern Michigan

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

Eastern Michigan Geography & Cartography Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 10 geography majors earned their bachelor's degree from Eastern Michigan. Of these graduates, 40% were men and 60% were women. The typical geography bachelor's degree program is made up of only 43% women. So female students are more repesented at Eastern Michigan since its program graduates 17% more women than average.

About 80% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in geography at Eastern Michigan are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

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

Eastern Michigan Geography & Cartography Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 4 geography majors earned their master's degree from Eastern Michigan. Of these graduates, 50% were men and 50% were women.

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

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

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

Related Majors

• General Social Sciences
• International Relations & National Security
• Sociology
• Anthropology
• 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 MI, the home state for Eastern Michigan University.

Occupation	Jobs in MI	Average Salary in MI
Managers	6,370	$98,780
Geography Professors	150	$84,300

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 Dwight Burdette under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.