If you plan on majoring in geography, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #159 in the country in terms of popularity. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in Indiana to determine which ones were the best for geography students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 67 degrees in geography annually.
Your choice of geography school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall Geography School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
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.
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Geography Schools in Indiana list to help you make the college decision.
You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.
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Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the geography degree levels they offer.
Indiana University - Bloomington is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in geography. Located in the city of Bloomington, IU Bloomington is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #30 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means IU Bloomington is a great university overall.
There were approximately 16 geography students who graduated with this degree at IU Bloomington in the most recent data year.
Ball State University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in geography. Located in the small city of Muncie, Ball State is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 5th out of 41 schools for overall quality in the state of Indiana.
There were about 21 geography students who graduated with this degree at Ball State in the most recent year we have data available.
Indiana State University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in geography. Located in the city of Terre Haute, Indiana State is a public university with a medium-sized student population. This university ranks 23rd out of 41 colleges for overall quality in the state of Indiana.
There were about 17 geography students who graduated with this degree at Indiana State in the most recent data year.
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 school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall Geography School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
