2025 Best Geography & Cartography Schools in Missouri
3Colleges in Missouri
192Geography Degrees Awarded
$43,035Avg 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 looked at 3 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Geography & Cartography Schools in Missouri ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 192 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.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Geography & Cartography Schools in Missouri ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Best Schools for Geography & Cartography in Missouri
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 hard to beat University of Missouri - Columbia if you want to pursue a degree in geography & cartography. Mizzou is a very large public university located in the midsize city of Columbia. A Best Colleges rank of #131 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Mizzou is a great university overall.
There were approximately 36 geography & cartography students who graduated with this degree at Mizzou in the most recent data year. Soon after graduation, geography degree recipients typically make about $38,726 at the beginning of their careers.
Northwest Missouri State University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in geography & cartography. Located in the remote town of Maryville, Northwest is a public university with a medium-sized student population. This university ranks 20th out of 48 colleges for overall quality in the state of Missouri.
There were roughly 52 geography & cartography students who graduated with this degree at Northwest in the most recent year we have data available.
Park University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in geography & cartography. Located in the large suburb of Parkville, Park University is a private not-for-profit university with a medium-sized student population. This university ranks 16th out of 48 schools for overall quality in the state of Missouri.
There were roughly 41 geography & cartography students who graduated with this degree at Park University in the most recent year we have data available. Those geography & cartography students who get their degree from Park University make $15,751 more than the standard geography graduate.
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.
