2024 Best Geography & Cartography Schools in Oregon
3Colleges in Oregon
316Geography Degrees Awarded
$32,238Avg Early-Career Salary
A degree in geography & cartography is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #110 out of 395 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.
College Factual reviewed 3 schools in Oregon to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of geography & cartography. Combined, these schools handed out 316 degrees in geography & cartography to qualified students.
Your choice of geography & cartography school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall Geography & Cartography School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
The geography school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Geography & Cartography Schools in Oregon.
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Best Schools for Geography & Cartography in Oregon
If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the geography degrees they offer, see the list below.
It is difficult to beat University of Oregon if you wish to pursue a degree in geography & cartography. UO is a very large public university located in the midsize city of Eugene. A Best Colleges rank of #195 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UO is a great university overall.
There were about 59 geography & cartography students who graduated with this degree at UO in the most recent year we have data available. Soon after graduation, geography degree recipients usually make an average of $30,229 at the beginning of their careers.
Oregon State University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in geography & cartography. Oregon State is a fairly large public university located in the city of Corvallis. This university ranks 3rd out of 30 schools for overall quality in the state of Oregon.
There were approximately 136 geography & cartography students who graduated with this degree at Oregon State in the most recent year we have data available. Graduates who receive their degree from the geography program earn around $32,965 in the first couple years of their career.
Any student who is interested in geography & cartography has to take a look at Portland State University. Portland State University is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Portland. This university ranks 7th out of 30 schools for overall quality in the state of Oregon.
There were about 55 geography & cartography students who graduated with this degree at Portland State University in the most recent data year. Students who receive their degree from the geography program earn around $26,943 in the first couple years of their career.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
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Your choice of geography & cartography school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall Geography & Cartography School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
