Geography & Cartography at New Mexico State University - Main Campus

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

NMSU Main Campus is located in Las Cruces, New Mexico and approximately 14,227 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 8 students received a bachelor's degree in geography from NMSU Main Campus.

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.

NMSU Main Campus Geography & Cartography Degrees Available

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

NMSU Main Campus Geography & Cartography Rankings

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

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 NMSU Main Campus 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
	121
	268

In 2021, 7 students received their master’s degree in geography from NMSU Main Campus. This makes it the #43 most popular school for geography master’s degree candidates in the country.

Geography Student Demographics at NMSU Main Campus

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the geography majors at New Mexico State University - Main Campus.

NMSU Main Campus Geography & Cartography Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 8 geography majors earned their bachelor's degree from NMSU Main Campus. Of these graduates, 38% were men and 63% were women. The typical geography bachelor's degree program is made up of only 43% women. So female students are more repesented at NMSU Main Campus since its program graduates 20% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 38% more racial-ethnic minorities in its geography bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from New Mexico State University - Main Campus with a bachelor's in geography.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	3
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

NMSU Main Campus Geography & Cartography Master’s Program

Of the 7 geography students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from NMSU Main Campus, about 71% were men and 29% were women.

In the geography master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 43% of degree recipients. That is 18% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from New Mexico State University - Main Campus with a master's in geography.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	3
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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

Related Majors

• Anthropology
• Economics
• Sociology
• 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 NM, the home state for New Mexico State University - Main Campus.

Occupation	Jobs in NM	Average Salary in NM
Managers	2,850	$96,490
Cartographers and Photogrammetrists	40	$69,250

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 AllenS under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.