Geography at Syracuse University

Every geography 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 Syracuse University stacks up to those at other schools.

Syracuse is located in Syracuse, New York and has a total student population of 21,322.

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

Syracuse Geography Degrees Available

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

Syracuse Geography Rankings

The geography major at Syracuse 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.

There were 3 students who received their doctoral degrees in geography, making the school the #25 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Geography Student Demographics at Syracuse

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

Syracuse Geography Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 35% of geography bachelor's degrees went to men and 65% went to women. The typical geography bachelor's degree program is made up of only 44% women. So female students are more repesented at Syracuse since its program graduates 21% more women than average.

About 80% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in geography at Syracuse 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 Syracuse University with a bachelor's in geography.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	16
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Syracuse Geography Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 40% of geography master's degrees went to men and 60% went to women.

Of the students who received a geography master's degree from Syracuse, 60% were white. This is below average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Syracuse University with a master's in geography.

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

Related Majors

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 Syracuse University.

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
• Image Credit: By Justing under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.