Geography & Cartography at University of Vermont

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

UVM is located in Burlington, Vermont and approximately 13,292 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 11 geography majors received their bachelor's degree from UVM.

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.

UVM Geography & Cartography Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Geography

UVM Geography & Cartography Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks geography programs across the country. The following shows how UVM 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 UVM 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 Popular Geography & Cartography Bachelor’s Degree Schools	119
Best Value Geography & Cartography Schools	273

Geography Student Demographics at UVM

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

UVM Geography & Cartography Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 11 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in geography from UVM. About 45% were men and 55% were women. The typical geography bachelor's degree program is made up of only 43% women. So female students are more repesented at UVM since its program graduates 12% more women than average.

About 91% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in geography at UVM 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 Vermont with a bachelor's in geography.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	10
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

• Sociology
• Anthropology
• 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 VT, the home state for University of Vermont.

Occupation	Jobs in VT	Average Salary in VT
Managers	570	$105,950
Cartographers and Photogrammetrists	50	$62,940

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 AlexiusHoratius under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.