Geography at SUNY New Paltz

25% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

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

SUNY New Paltz is located in New Paltz, New York and approximately 7,489 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.

SUNY New Paltz Geography Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Geography

SUNY New Paltz Geography Rankings

The geography major at SUNY New Paltz 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 SUNY New Paltz

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the geography majors at SUNY New Paltz.

SUNY New Paltz Geography Bachelor’s Program

63% Women

25% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 38% of geography bachelor's degrees went to men and 63% went to women. The typical geography bachelor's degree program is made up of only 44% women. So female students are more repesented at SUNY New Paltz since its program graduates 18% more women than average.

About 75% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in geography at SUNY New Paltz 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 SUNY New Paltz with a bachelor's in geography.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	6
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 NY, the home state for SUNY New Paltz.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Managers	16,600	$124,160
Geography Professors	220	$90,390

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
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