Geography & Cartography at University of South Alabama

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

USA is located in Mobile, Alabama and approximately 14,224 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 17 students received a bachelor's degree in geography from USA.

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.

USA Geography & Cartography Degrees Available

• Basic Certificate in Geography (Less Than 1 Year)
• Bachelor’s Degree in Geography

USA Geography & Cartography Rankings

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

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 USA 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
Most Focused Geography & Cartography Bachelor’s Degree Schools	76
Most Focused Geography & Cartography Schools	156
	230
	279

Geography Student Demographics at USA

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

USA Geography & Cartography Bachelor’s Program

The geography program at USA awarded 17 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 53% of these degrees went to men with the other 47% going to women. The typical geography bachelor's degree program is made up of only 43% women. So female students are more repesented at USA since its program graduates 4% more women than average.

About 76% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in geography at USA 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 South Alabama with a bachelor's in geography.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	13
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• 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 AL, the home state for University of South Alabama.

Occupation	Jobs in AL	Average Salary in AL
Managers	2,110	$106,680
Cartographers and Photogrammetrists	130	$65,660
Geography Professors	40	$78,650

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 Ä â€™asil under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.