2025 Best Geography & Cartography Schools in Michigan
4Colleges in Michigan
202Geography Degrees Awarded
$43,035Avg Early-Career Salary
Geography & Cartography is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #110 most popular degree program in the country. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 4 schools in Michigan to determine which ones were the best for geography & cartography students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 202 degrees in geography & cartography to qualified students.
The geography program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Geography & Cartography rankings. We derive our Best Overall Geography & Cartography School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
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 Schools in Michigan list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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Best Schools for Geography & Cartography in Michigan
The schools below may not offer all types of geography degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Michigan State University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in geography & cartography. Michigan State is a fairly large public university located in the small city of East Lansing. A Best Colleges rank of #54 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Michigan State is a great university overall.
There were roughly 29 geography & cartography students who graduated with this degree at Michigan State in the most recent year we have data available.
It is difficult to beat Western Michigan University if you wish to pursue a degree in geography & cartography. WMU is a large public university located in the city of Kalamazoo. A Best Colleges rank of #322 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means WMU is a great university overall.
There were about 36 geography & cartography students who graduated with this degree at WMU in the most recent data year.
Grand Valley State University is a great choice for students interested in a degree in geography & cartography. GVSU is a fairly large public university located in the town of Allendale. This university ranks 5th out of 56 colleges for overall quality in the state of Michigan.
There were roughly 58 geography & cartography students who graduated with this degree at GVSU in the most recent data year. Students who receive their degree from the geography program earn an average of $35,838 in the first couple years of their career.
Eastern Michigan University is a good decision for students pursuing a degree in geography & cartography. Located in the suburb of Ypsilanti, Eastern Michigan is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 15th out of 56 schools for overall quality in the state of Michigan.
There were about 21 geography & cartography students who graduated with this degree at Eastern Michigan in the most recent data year. Students who graduate with their degree from the geography program report average early career wages of $41,103.
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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The geography program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Geography & Cartography rankings. We derive our Best Overall Geography & Cartography School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
