2025 Best Geography & Cartography Doctor's Degree Schools in California
2
Colleges in California
42
Doctor's Degrees
Geography & Cartography is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #75 most popular doctor's degree program in the country. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in California to determine which ones were the best for geography & cartography students pursuing a doctor's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 42 doctor's degrees in geography & cartography to qualified students.
What's on this page: * Our Methodology
Average Earnings
To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their doctor's degree from the school. After all, your doctor'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 - The number of geography & cartography students who choose to seek a doctor's degree at the school.
- 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 doctor'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 complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for geography & cartography students working on their doctor's degree.
More Ways to Rank Geography & Cartography Schools
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Geography & Cartography Doctor's Degree Schools in California ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.