Geography & Cartography at University of Northern Iowa

What traits are you looking for in a geography school? To help you decide if University of Northern Iowa is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's geography program.

UNI is located in Cedar Falls, Iowa and approximately 9,507 students attend the school each year.

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.

UNI Geography & Cartography Degrees Available

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

UNI Geography & Cartography Rankings

The geography major at UNI 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.

Geography Student Demographics at UNI

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

UNI Geography & Cartography Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of geography bachelor's degrees went to men and 50% went to women. The typical geography bachelor's degree program is made up of only 43% women. So female students are more repesented at UNI since its program graduates 7% more women than average.

About 100% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in geography at UNI 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 University of Northern Iowa with a bachelor's in geography.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	4
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

UNI Geography & Cartography Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 0% of geography master's degrees went to men and 100% went to women.

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

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

Concentrations Within Geography & Cartography

Geography & Cartography majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of Northern Iowa. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Geography	12
Geographic Information Science	5

Related Majors

• Anthropology
• Sociology
• Economics
• 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 IA, the home state for University of Northern Iowa.

Occupation	Jobs in IA	Average Salary in IA
Managers	2,880	$101,360

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 Feddacheenee under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.