Geography & Cartography at The University of Tennessee - Knoxville

If you plan to study geography and cartography, take a look at what The University of Tennessee - Knoxville has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

UT Knoxville is located in Knoxville, Tennessee and has a total student population of 30,559. In 2021, 20 geography majors received their bachelor's degree from UT Knoxville.

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.

UT Knoxville Geography & Cartography Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at UT Knoxville

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

For those who are interested in distance learning, UT Knoxville does offer online courses in geography for the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Master’s Degree

UT Knoxville Geography & Cartography Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks geography programs across the country. The following shows how UT Knoxville performed in these rankings.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The geography major at UT Knoxville 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
Best Geography & Cartography Schools	40
Most Focused Geography & Cartography Bachelor’s Degree Schools	142
Most Focused Geography & Cartography Schools	194

In 2021, 5 students received their master’s degree in geography from UT Knoxville. This makes it the #70 most popular school for geography master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 4 students who received their doctoral degrees in geography, making the school the #20 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Earnings of UT Knoxville Geography Graduates

The median salary of geography students who receive their bachelor's degree at UT Knoxville is $36,789. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 6% higher than the national average of $34,640 for all geography bachelor's degree recipients.

Geography Student Demographics at UT Knoxville

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

UT Knoxville Geography & Cartography Bachelor’s Program

Of the 20 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Geography & Cartography from UT Knoxville in 2020-2021, 50% were men and 50% were women. The typical geography bachelor's degree program is made up of only 43% women. So female students are more repesented at UT Knoxville since its program graduates 7% more women than average.

About 70% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in geography at UT Knoxville 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 The University of Tennessee - Knoxville with a bachelor's in geography.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	14
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

UT Knoxville Geography & Cartography Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 5 students earned a master's degree in geography from UT Knoxville. About 80% of these graduates were women and the other 20% were men.

Of the students who received a geography master's degree from UT Knoxville, 60% were white. This is below average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the geography master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 40% of degree recipients. That is 15% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from The University of Tennessee - Knoxville 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	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

UT Knoxville also has a doctoral program available in geography. In 2021, 4 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• International Relations & National Security
• Economics
• Anthropology
• 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 TN, the home state for The University of Tennessee - Knoxville.

Occupation	Jobs in TN	Average Salary in TN
Managers	14,480	$83,010
Cartographers and Photogrammetrists	170	$58,380
Geography Professors	50	$74,220

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 Nightryder84 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.