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Geography at Northwest Missouri State University

Geography at Northwest Missouri State University

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

Northwest is located in Maryville, Missouri and approximately 7,267 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Geography section at the bottom of this page.

Northwest Geography Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Geography

Northwest Geography Rankings

The geography major at Northwest is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Geography. 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.

Geography Student Demographics at Northwest

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

Northwest Geography Bachelor’s Program

20% Women
10% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 80% of geography bachelor's degrees went to men and 20% went to women.

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About 90% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in geography at Northwest 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 Northwest Missouri State University with a bachelor's in geography.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 9
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

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 MO, the home state for Northwest Missouri State University.

Occupation Jobs in MO Average Salary in MO
Managers 3,980 $97,820
Geography Professors 70 $82,790
Geographers 40 $76,320

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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