Geography & Cartography at University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus

If you plan to study geography and cartography, take a look at what University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

CU Anschutz is located in Denver, Colorado and approximately 24,723 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 48 geography majors received their bachelor's degree from CU Anschutz.

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.

CU Anschutz Geography & Cartography Degrees Available

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

CU Anschutz Geography & Cartography Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the geography progam at CU Anschutz compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The geography major at CU Anschutz 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 Value Geography & Cartography Schools	170

In 2021, 13 students received their master’s degree in geography from CU Anschutz. This makes it the #14 most popular school for geography master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of CU Anschutz Geography Graduates

The median salary of geography students who receive their bachelor's degree at CU Anschutz is $32,055. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $34,640 for all geography students.

Geography Student Demographics at CU Anschutz

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the geography majors at University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus.

CU Anschutz Geography & Cartography Bachelor’s Program

Of the 48 geography students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from CU Anschutz, about 54% were men and 46% were women. The typical geography bachelor's degree program is made up of only 43% women. So female students are more repesented at CU Anschutz since its program graduates 3% more women than average.

About 58% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in geography at CU Anschutz are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 13% 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 Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus with a bachelor's in geography.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	12
White	28
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

CU Anschutz Geography & Cartography Master’s Program

Of the 13 students who graduated with a master’s in geography from CU Anschutz in 2021, 46% were men and 54% were women.

Of the students who received a geography master's degree from CU Anschutz, 85% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus with a master's in geography.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	11
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

CU Anschutz also has a doctoral program available in geography. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• General Social Sciences
• Anthropology
• Sociology
• Political Science & Government
• Economics

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 Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus.

Occupation	Jobs in CO	Average Salary in CO
Managers	8,940	$138,490
Cartographers and Photogrammetrists	880	$73,150
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
• Image Credit: By Jeffrey Beall under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.