Geography & Cartography at Mount Holyoke College

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

Mt. Holyoke is located in South Hadley, Massachusetts and has a total student population of 2,040. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 4 students received a bachelor's degree in geography from Mt. Holyoke.

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.

Mt. Holyoke Geography & Cartography Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Geography

Mt. Holyoke Geography & Cartography Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the geography progam at Mt. Holyoke compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 Mt. Holyoke 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
	40
Best Geography & Cartography Bachelor’s Degree Schools	71
Best Geography & Cartography Schools	87
Best Value Geography & Cartography Bachelor’s Degree Schools	222
Most Popular Geography & Cartography Schools	317

Geography Student Demographics at Mt. Holyoke

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the geography majors at Mount Holyoke College.

Mt. Holyoke Geography & Cartography Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 0% of geography bachelor's degrees went to men and 100% went to women. The typical geography bachelor's degree program is made up of only 43% women. So female students are more repesented at Mt. Holyoke since its program graduates 57% more women than average.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Mount Holyoke College with a bachelor's in geography.

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

Mt. Holyoke 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
• Political Science & Government
• International Relations & National Security
• 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 MA, the home state for Mount Holyoke College.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
Managers	8,660	$131,450
Geography Professors	230	$99,810
Cartographers and Photogrammetrists	100	$73,290

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 Daderot under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.