Geography & Cartography at University of Southern California

If you plan to study geography and 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. Of the 5,745 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Southern California in 2021, 8 of them were geography and cartography majors.

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

Online Classes Are Available at USC

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

For those who are interested in distance learning, USC does offer online courses in geography for the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

USC Geography & Cartography Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
	27
Most Popular Geography & Cartography Doctor’s Degree Schools	54
Most Focused Geography & Cartography Schools	206

In 2021, 43 students received their master’s degree in geography from USC. This makes it the #3 most popular school for geography master’s degree candidates in the country.

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

Of the 8 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in geography from USC in 2021, 38% were men and 63% were 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 20% more women than average.

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 Southern California with a bachelor's in geography.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	3
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

USC Geography & Cartography Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 43 students graduated with a master's degree in geography from USC. About 63% were men and 37% were women.

Of the students who received a geography master's degree from USC, 56% were white. This is below 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 Southern California with a master's in geography.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	24
International Students	7
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

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

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.