Geography & Cartography at Kent State University at Kent

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

Kent State is located in Kent, Ohio and approximately 26,822 students attend the school each year. Of the 5,120 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Kent State University at Kent in 2021, 15 of them were geography and cartography majors.

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.

Kent State Geography & Cartography Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at Kent State

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.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? Kent State offers distance education options for geography at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

Kent State Geography & Cartography Rankings

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

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The geography major at Kent State 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 Doctor’s Degree Schools	7
Most Popular Geography & Cartography Master’s Degree Schools	7
	231

In 2021, 23 students received their master’s degree in geography from Kent State. This makes it the #8 most popular school for geography master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 5 students who received their doctoral degrees in geography, making the school the #17 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

How Much Do Geography Graduates from Kent State Make?

The median salary of geography students who receive their bachelor's degree at Kent State is $19,382. This is less than $34,640, which is the national average of all geography majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Geography Student Demographics at Kent State

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

Kent State Geography & Cartography Bachelor’s Program

Of the 15 geography students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Kent State, about 53% were men and 47% were women. The typical geography bachelor's degree program is made up of only 43% women. So female students are more repesented at Kent State since its program graduates 4% more women than average.

About 93% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in geography at Kent State 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 Kent State University at Kent with a bachelor's in geography.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	14
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Kent State Geography & Cartography Master’s Program

The geography program at Kent State awarded 23 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 48% of these degrees went to men with the other 52% going to women.

Of the students who received a geography master's degree from Kent State, 78% 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 Kent State University at Kent with a master's in geography.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	18
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Kent State also has a doctoral program available in geography. In 2021, 5 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• General Social Sciences
• International Relations & National Security
• Anthropology
• Economics
• 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 OH, the home state for Kent State University at Kent.

Occupation	Jobs in OH	Average Salary in OH
Managers	14,410	$107,320
Geography Professors	220	$99,940
Cartographers and Photogrammetrists	90	$70,550

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 JonRidinger under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.