Geography at University of Colorado at Colorado Springs

28% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

If you are interested in studying geography, you may want to check out the program at University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

UCCS is located in Colorado Springs, Colorado and approximately 12,380 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.

UCCS Geography Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Geography

UCCS Geography Rankings

The geography major at UCCS 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 UCCS

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

UCCS Geography Bachelor’s Program

46% Women

28% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 54% of geography bachelor's degrees went to men and 46% went to women. The typical geography bachelor's degree program is made up of only 44% women. So female students are more repesented at UCCS since its program graduates 2% more women than average.

About 72% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in geography at UCCS are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 3% 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 Colorado at Colorado Springs with a bachelor's in geography.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	28
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

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 CO, the home state for University of Colorado at Colorado Springs.

Occupation	Jobs in CO	Average Salary in CO
Managers	8,940	$138,490
Geography Professors	150	$78,570
Geographers	70	$84,380

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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