Geography & Cartography at University of Southern California

If you plan to study geography & cartography, take a look at what University of Southern California has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

USC is located in Los Angeles, California and approximately 46,287 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.

USC Geography & Cartography Degrees Available

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

USC Geography & Cartography Rankings

The geography major at USC 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.

There were 0 student who received their doctoral degrees in geography, making the school the #55 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Geography Student Demographics at USC

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

USC Geography & Cartography Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 28% of geography bachelor's degrees went to men and 72% went to women. The typical geography bachelor's degree program is made up of only 43% women. So female students are more repesented at USC since its program graduates 29% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 37% 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 Southern California with a bachelor's in geography.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	5
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

USC Geography & Cartography Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 51% of geography master's degrees went to men and 49% went to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	11
White	24
International Students	33
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Concentrations Within Geography & Cartography

The following geography concentations are available at University of Southern California. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at University of Southern California. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Geographic Information Science	63

Related Majors

• Archeology
• Anthropology
• General Social Sciences
• Sociology
• Urban Studies

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 Southern California.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Managers	66,300	$143,350
Cartographers and Photogrammetrists	1,010	$84,540
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 Original uploader was Padsquad19 at en.wikipedia under License

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