2025 Best Geography & Cartography Master's Degree Schools in the New England Region

If you plan on getting your master's degree in geography & cartography, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #111 in the country in terms of popularity. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Geography & Cartography Master's Degree Schools in the New England Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 74 master's degrees in geography & cartography during the 2022-2023 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Average Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their master's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your master's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on geography & cartography students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other geography & cartography students want to attend this school to pursue a master's degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How much debt geography & cartography students go into to obtain their master's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized geography & cartography related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for geography & cartography students working on their master's degree.

More Ways to Rank Geography & Cartography Schools

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Geography & Cartography Master's Degree Schools in the New England Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Geography & Cartography in the New England Region

Explore the top ranked colleges and universities for geography & cartography students seeking a a master's degree.

Top New England Region Schools for a Master's in Geography

1

University of Massachusetts Amherst
Amherst, MA

18 Annual Graduates

University of Massachusetts Amherst is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a master's degree in geography & cartography. UMass Amherst is a fairly large public university located in the small city of Amherst.More information about a master’s in geography & cartography from University of Massachusetts Amherst

2

Clark University
Worcester, MA

22 Annual Graduates

$55,202 Median Starting Salary

It's hard to beat Clark University if you wish to pursue a master's degree in geography & cartography. Located in the city of Worcester, Clark is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.

Students who graduate with their master's from the geography program state that they receive average early career earnings of $55,202.

More information about a master’s in geography & cartography from Clark University

Best Geography & Cartography Colleges by State

Explore the best geography & cartography colleges for a specific state in the New England Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts	222	58
Connecticut	153	8
Maine	90	17

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Geography & Cartography Related Rankings by Major

Geography & Cartography is one of 13 different types of Social Sciences programs to choose from.

Geography Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
Geographic Information Science	49
Geography	25

Majors Similar to Geography

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Economics	881
International Relations & National Security	605
Political Science & Government	151
General Social Sciences	120
Anthropology	62
Sociology	60
Urban Studies	56
Other Social Sciences	21
Archeology	19

Notes and References

• 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Couleur. More about our data sources and methodologies.