Geography at University of California - Los Angeles

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 University of California - Los Angeles stacks up to those at other schools.

UCLA is located in Los Angeles, California and approximately 44,589 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.

UCLA Geography Degrees Available

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

UCLA Geography Rankings

The geography major at UCLA 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 9 students who received their doctoral degrees in geography, making the school the #3 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Geography Student Demographics at UCLA

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

UCLA Geography Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 48% of geography bachelor's degrees went to men and 52% went to women. The typical geography bachelor's degree program is made up of only 44% women. So female students are more repesented at UCLA since its program graduates 7% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 28% 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 University of California - Los Angeles with a bachelor's in geography.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	9
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	19
White	14
International Students	10
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

UCLA Geography Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of geography master's degrees went to men and 50% went to women.

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

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

Related Majors

• Other Geography

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 CA, the home state for University of California - Los Angeles.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Managers	66,300	$143,350
Geographers	120	$85,530

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 Nikhil Kulkarni under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.