Geography & Cartography at Metropolitan State University of Denver

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

MSU Denver is located in Denver, Colorado and approximately 19,086 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 13 geography majors received their bachelor's degree from MSU Denver.

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.

MSU Denver Geography & Cartography Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Geography

MSU Denver Geography & Cartography Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The geography major at MSU Denver 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 Schools	202
Best Geography & Cartography Schools	247

Geography Student Demographics at MSU Denver

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

MSU Denver Geography & Cartography Bachelor’s Program

The geography program at MSU Denver awarded 13 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 54% of these degrees went to men with the other 46% going to women. The typical geography bachelor's degree program is made up of only 43% women. So female students are more repesented at MSU Denver since its program graduates 4% more women than average.

About 77% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in geography at MSU Denver 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 Metropolitan State University of Denver with a bachelor's in geography.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	10
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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

Related Majors

• Sociology
• Anthropology
• Economics
• 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 CO, the home state for Metropolitan State University of Denver.

Occupation	Jobs in CO	Average Salary in CO
Managers	8,940	$138,490
Cartographers and Photogrammetrists	880	$73,150
Geography Professors	150	$78,570
Geographers	70	$84,380

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 Jeffrey Beall under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.