2025 Best Geography & Cartography Master's Degree Schools in Florida

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.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Geography & Cartography Master's Degree Schools in Florida ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 35 master's degrees in geography & cartography during the 2022-2023 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

• Best Master’s Degree Schools List

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 complete 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

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 & Cartography Master's Degree Schools in Florida list to help you make the college decision.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Geography & Cartography in Florida

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

Top Florida Schools for a Master's in Geography

1

Florida State University
Tallahassee, FL

15 Annual Graduates

$53,587 Median Starting Salary

It's hard to beat Florida State University if you want to pursue a master's degree in geography & cartography. Florida State is a fairly large public university located in the city of Tallahassee.

Students who graduate with their master's from the geography program state that they receive average early career earnings of $53,587.

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

2

The University of West Florida
Pensacola, FL

13 Annual Graduates

It's hard to beat The University of West Florida if you wish to pursue a master's degree in geography & cartography. UWF is a large public university located in the rural area of Pensacola.More information about a master’s in geography & cartography from The University of West Florida

Best Geography & Cartography Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Geography & Cartography Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Georgia	190	13
Virginia	182	25
North Carolina	178	32
Tennessee	166	6
Alabama	151	19
Kentucky	147	17
Louisiana	147	2
South Carolina	146	4
Mississippi	145	2
Arkansas	121	8
West Virginia	112	19

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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	25
Geography	10

Majors Similar to Geography

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Political Science & Government	122
International Relations & National Security	91
Economics	69
Anthropology	58
Sociology	45
General Social Sciences	24
Demography & Population Studies	7

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.