Geography & Cartography at George Washington University

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

GWU is located in Washington, District of Columbia and has a total student population of 27,017.

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.

GWU Geography & Cartography Degrees Available

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

GWU Geography & Cartography Rankings

The geography major at GWU 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 GWU

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

GWU Geography & Cartography Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 35% of geography bachelor's degrees went to men and 65% went to women. The typical geography bachelor's degree program is made up of only 43% women. So female students are more repesented at GWU since its program graduates 22% more women than average.

About 77% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in geography at GWU 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 George Washington University with a bachelor's in geography.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	20
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

GWU Geography & Cartography Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 43% of geography master's degrees went to men and 57% went to women.

Of the students who received a geography master's degree from GWU, 86% 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 George Washington University with a master's in geography.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	12
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within Geography & Cartography

The following geography concentations are available at George Washington University. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at George Washington University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Geography	35
Geographic Information Science	15

Related Majors

• Other Social Sciences
• Archeology
• 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 DC, the home state for George Washington University.

Occupation	Jobs in DC	Average Salary in DC
Managers	19,910	$147,460

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 Michiel1972 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.