Geography & Cartography at Jacksonville University

If you are interested in studying geography and cartography, you may want to check out the program at Jacksonville University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

JU is located in Jacksonville, Florida and has a total student population of 4,053. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 4 students received a bachelor's degree in geography from JU.

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.

JU Geography & Cartography Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Geography

JU Geography & Cartography Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks geography programs across the country. The following shows how JU performed in these rankings.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The geography major at JU 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
Most Focused Geography & Cartography Bachelor’s Degree Schools	105
	188
Best Geography & Cartography Bachelor’s Degree Schools	194
Best Geography & Cartography Schools	231

Geography Student Demographics at JU

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

JU Geography & Cartography Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 4 students earned a bachelor's degree in geography from JU. About 100% of these graduates were women and the other 0% were men. The typical geography bachelor's degree program is made up of only 43% women. So female students are more repesented at JU since its program graduates 57% more women than average.

About 75% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in geography at JU 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 Jacksonville University with a bachelor's in geography.

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

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

Related Majors

• Economics
• General Social Sciences
• Political Science & Government
• Sociology

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 FL, the home state for Jacksonville University.

Occupation	Jobs in FL	Average Salary in FL
Managers	23,160	$99,240
Cartographers and Photogrammetrists	680	$62,160
Geography Professors	100	$98,420

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 Humanities under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.