Geography & Cartography at Northern Arizona University

Every geography and cartography school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the geography program at Northern Arizona University stacks up to those at other schools.

NAU is located in Flagstaff, Arizona and has a total student population of 29,566. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 3 students received a bachelor's degree in geography from NAU.

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.

NAU Geography & Cartography Degrees Available

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

NAU Geography & Cartography Rankings

The geography major at NAU 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.

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

Geography Student Demographics at NAU

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

NAU Geography & Cartography Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 3 geography majors earned their bachelor's degree from NAU. Of these graduates, 33% were men and 67% were women. The typical geography bachelor's degree program is made up of only 43% women. So female students are more repesented at NAU since its program graduates 24% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 42% 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 Northern Arizona University with a bachelor's in geography.

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

NAU Geography & Cartography Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 8 geography majors earned their master's degree from NAU. Of these graduates, 63% were men and 38% were women.

Of the students who received a geography master's degree from NAU, 88% 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 Northern Arizona University with a master's in geography.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	7
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• International Relations & National Security
• Anthropology
• Sociology
• Political Science & Government
• Criminology

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 AZ, the home state for Northern Arizona University.

Occupation	Jobs in AZ	Average Salary in AZ
Managers	8,520	$101,630
Cartographers and Photogrammetrists	220	$66,830
Geography Professors	60	$104,400
Geographers	30	$69,730

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 Teksaz227 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.