A degree in geography is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #159 out of 1506 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.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in Minnesota to determine which ones were the best for geography students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 92 degrees in geography to qualified students.
Your choice of geography school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Geography 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.
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 Minnesota list to help you make the college decision.
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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's hard to beat University of Minnesota - Twin Cities if you wish to pursue a degree in geography. UMN Twin Cities is a fairly large public university located in the city of Minneapolis. A Best Colleges rank of #45 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UMN Twin Cities is a great university overall.
There were about 40 geography students who graduated with this degree at UMN Twin Cities in the most recent year we have data available.
It's hard to beat Minnesota State University - Mankato if you want to pursue a degree in geography. Minnesota State Mankato is a large public university located in the city of Mankato. This university ranks 11th out of 52 schools for overall quality in the state of Minnesota.
There were about 16 geography students who graduated with this degree at Minnesota State Mankato in the most recent data year.
It is difficult to beat Gustavus Adolphus College if you want to pursue a degree in geography. Gustavus Adolphus is a small private not-for-profit college located in the town of Saint Peter. This college ranks 37th out of 52 schools for overall quality in the state of Minnesota.
There were approximately 14 geography students who graduated with this degree at Gustavus Adolphus 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. We derive our Best Overall Geography School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
