Geography & Cartography at Johns Hopkins University

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

Johns Hopkins is located in Baltimore, Maryland and approximately 28,890 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.

Johns Hopkins Geography & Cartography Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Geography

Online Classes Are Available at Johns Hopkins

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

For those who are interested in distance learning, Johns Hopkins does offer online courses in geography for the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

Johns Hopkins Geography & Cartography Rankings

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

In 2021, 8 students received their master’s degree in geography from Johns Hopkins. This makes it the #34 most popular school for geography master’s degree candidates in the country.

Geography Student Demographics at Johns Hopkins

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

Johns Hopkins Geography & Cartography Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 8 students earned a master's degree in geography from Johns Hopkins. About 63% of these graduates were women and the other 38% were men.

Of the students who received a geography master's degree from Johns Hopkins, 75% 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 Johns Hopkins University with a master's in geography.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	6
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

• Archeology
• Anthropology
• Sociology
• General Social Sciences
• Political Science & Government

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 MD, the home state for Johns Hopkins University.

Occupation	Jobs in MD	Average Salary in MD
Managers	14,450	$122,050
Cartographers and Photogrammetrists	450	$79,440
Geographers	310	$84,990
Geography Professors	140	$98,670

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 Lester Spence under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.