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Best Schools for Geography and Cartography in 2026

95 schools ranked by DegreeWorth Score · Updated 2026

These are the top schools offering Geography and Cartography, ranked by DegreeWorth Score. The score combines graduate earnings, AI automation resilience, job market demand, and return on tuition investment. The average Geography and Cartography graduate earns $38,355/yr across 95 schools.

Programs Ranked

Avg Earnings

$38,355/yr

Avg DW Score

58/100

AI Risk

High

53% task exposure

All Geography and Cartography Programs Ranked

Click any row for full AI scenario analysis, earnings projections, and career path breakdown.

#	Program	DW Score	Earnings	AI Risk	ROI
1	Geography and Cartography California State University-Sacramento · Sacramento, CA	72 66–74	$48,227/yr	High	20.8x
2	Geography and Cartography University of Florida-Online · Gainesville, FL	72 66–74	$43,856/yr	High	35.2x
3	Geography and Cartography University of Florida · Gainesville, FL	70 64–72	$43,856/yr	High	21.0x
4	Geography and Cartography University of Nevada-Reno · Reno, NV	72 67–72	$53,079/yr	High	13.8x
5	Geography and Cartography Appalachian State University · Boone, NC	68 61–72	$41,648/yr	High	21.3x
6	Geography and Cartography University of North Carolina at Charlotte · Charlotte, NC	69 62–72	$42,210/yr	High	21.7x
7	Geography and Cartography Brigham Young University · Provo, UT	68 61–71	$40,051/yr	High	24.0x
8	Geography and Cartography Kennesaw State University · Kennesaw, GA	69 62–71	$40,020/yr	High	25.6x
9	Geography and Cartography California State University-Chico · Chico, CA	67 59–71	$40,380/yr	High	21.4x
10	Geography and Cartography University of South Florida · Tampa, FL	67 61–70	$39,259/yr	High	22.2x
11	Geography and Cartography Texas A & M University-College Station · College Station, TX	68 63–70	$54,204/yr	High	12.6x
12	Geography and Cartography University of Maryland-College Park · College Park, MD	63 55–69	$40,913/yr	High	15.7x
13	Geography and Cartography George Mason University · Fairfax, VA	65 59–68	$49,568/yr	High	11.5x
14	Geography and Cartography Arizona State University Campus Immersion · Tempe, AZ	66 61–67	$49,267/yr	High	11.3x
15	Geography and Cartography California State Polytechnic University-Pomona · Pomona, CA	63 55–67	$35,426/yr	High	21.0x
16	Geography and Cartography Florida State University · Tallahassee, FL	64 58–66	$35,608/yr	High	20.0x
17	Geography and Cartography Minnesota State University-Mankato · Mankato, MN	63 57–66	$40,553/yr	High	14.4x
18	Geography and Cartography University of Wisconsin-Whitewater · Whitewater, WI	63 56–66	$37,521/yr	High	16.5x
19	Geography and Cartography University of Wisconsin-Madison · Madison, WI	63 57–66	$42,997/yr	High	12.9x
20	Geography and Cartography Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville · Edwardsville, IL	62 56–65	$44,543/yr	High	11.1x
21	Geography and Cartography Park University · Parkville, MO	66 62–66	$58,786/yr	High	8.0x
22	Geography and Cartography Binghamton University · Vestal, NY	62 56–66	$40,434/yr	High	13.9x
23	Geography and Cartography Ohio State University-Main Campus · Columbus, OH	62 56–65	$44,789/yr	High	11.1x
24	Geography and Cartography Texas State University · San Marcos, TX	63 58–64	$44,909/yr	High	10.9x
25	Geography and Cartography University of Washington-Seattle Campus · Seattle, WA	62 55–66	$42,489/yr	High	12.4x
26	Geography and Cartography University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire · Eau Claire, WI	63 57–66	$40,048/yr	High	14.1x
27	Geography and Cartography Ohio University-Eastern Campus · Saint Clairsville, OH	61 55–64	$33,199/yr	High	18.9x
28	Geography and Cartography Ohio University-Chillicothe Campus · Chillicothe, OH	61 55–64	$33,199/yr	High	18.9x
29	Geography and Cartography Ohio University-Southern Campus · Ironton, OH	61 55–64	$33,199/yr	High	18.9x
30	Geography and Cartography Ohio University-Lancaster Campus · Lancaster, OH	61 55–64	$33,199/yr	High	18.9x
31	Geography and Cartography Ohio University-Zanesville Campus · Zanesville, OH	61 55–64	$33,199/yr	High	18.9x
32	Geography and Cartography University of South Carolina-Columbia · Columbia, SC	63 58–63	$46,929/yr	High	9.6x
33	Geography and Cartography James Madison University · Harrisonburg, VA	61 56–64	$45,094/yr	High	10.2x
34	Geography and Cartography California State University-Long Beach · Long Beach, CA	59 52–63	$32,198/yr	High	18.4x
35	Geography and Cartography Sonoma State University · Rohnert Park, CA	64 59–64	$40,614/yr	High	11.4x
36	Geography and Cartography University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus · Denver, CO	61 55–63	$39,104/yr	High	12.4x
37	Geography and Cartography University of Iowa · Iowa City, IA	64 60–64	$45,566/yr	High	9.4x
38	Geography and Cartography University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · Chapel Hill, NC	64 60–64	$42,454/yr	High	10.8x
39	Geography and Cartography University of North Texas · Denton, TX	60 54–63	$39,960/yr	High	12.1x
40	Geography and Cartography The University of Texas at Austin · Austin, TX	58 50–65	$36,878/yr	High	13.9x
41	Geography and Cartography The University of Alabama · Tuscaloosa, AL	60 54–62	$40,546/yr	High	11.0x
42	Geography and Cartography Metropolitan State University of Denver · Denver, CO	63 59–63	$44,861/yr	High	9.4x
43	Geography and Cartography Rowan University · Glassboro, NJ	59 53–62	$44,380/yr	High	9.2x
44	Geography and Cartography University of Oregon · Eugene, OR	59 54–62	$45,030/yr	High	8.7x
45	Geography and Cartography Sam Houston State University · Huntsville, TX	59 52–62	$35,936/yr	High	13.5x
46	Geography and Cartography University of North Alabama · Florence, AL	59 54–60	$41,076/yr	High	9.6x
47	Geography and Cartography California State University-Northridge · Northridge, CA	57 45–63	$27,002/yr	High	25.7x
48	Geography and Cartography University of Colorado Colorado Springs · Colorado Springs, CO	58 52–61	$36,426/yr	High	12.4x
49	Geography and Cartography The University of Tennessee-Knoxville · Knoxville, TN	60 56–61	$44,553/yr	High	8.7x
50	Geography and Cartography University of Utah · Salt Lake City, UT	62 58–62	$41,052/yr	High	10.0x
51	Geography and Cartography University of Wisconsin-La Crosse · La Crosse, WI	59 54–61	$37,537/yr	High	11.8x
52	Geography and Cartography University of Arizona · Tucson, AZ	59 54–60	$42,829/yr	High	8.3x
53	Geography and Cartography University of California-Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA	56 48–62	$36,776/yr	High	11.4x
54	Geography and Cartography San Diego State University · San Diego, CA	61 57–61	$38,648/yr	High	10.7x
55	Geography and Cartography SUNY Oneonta · Oneonta, NY	61 56–61	$38,784/yr	High	10.0x
56	Geography and Cartography University of Louisville · Louisville, KY	56 50–59	$37,844/yr	High	10.2x
57	Geography and Cartography Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University · Blacksburg, VA	56 49–60	$39,328/yr	High	9.6x
58	Geography and Cartography West Virginia University · Morgantown, WV	56 50–60	$34,435/yr	High	12.5x
59	Geography and Cartography Arizona State University Digital Immersion · Scottsdale, AZ	58 52–60	$49,267/yr	High	—
60	Geography and Cartography California State University-Fullerton · Fullerton, CA	54 45–60	$26,040/yr	High	17.5x
61	Geography and Cartography University of California-Santa Barbara · Santa Barbara, CA	55 47–59	$37,398/yr	High	9.8x
62	Geography and Cartography Ball State University · Muncie, IN	54 48–58	$34,274/yr	High	11.2x
63	Geography and Cartography Montclair State University · Montclair, NJ	57 53–58	$42,638/yr	High	6.2x
64	Geography and Cartography California State University-Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA	59 54–59	$33,727/yr	High	11.4x
65	Geography and Cartography California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt · Arcata, CA	53 44–58	$27,355/yr	High	14.8x
66	Geography and Cartography San Francisco State University · San Francisco, CA	52 43–59	$24,875/yr	High	16.0x
67	Geography and Cartography University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign · Champaign, IL	56 51–58	$42,214/yr	High	5.6x
68	Geography and Cartography University of Minnesota-Twin Cities · Minneapolis, MN	54 47–57	$38,019/yr	High	8.2x
69	Geography and Cartography University of North Carolina at Greensboro · Greensboro, NC	52 43–58	$25,975/yr	High	15.5x
70	Geography and Cartography Western Washington University · Bellingham, WA	53 45–59	$29,931/yr	High	13.6x
71	Geography and Cartography Eastern Michigan University · Ypsilanti, MI	55 51–57	$41,103/yr	High	5.6x
72	Geography and Cartography Portland State University · Portland, OR	54 49–56	$35,330/yr	High	9.2x
73	Geography and Cartography University of Missouri-Columbia · Columbia, MO	54 49–55	$38,726/yr	High	5.9x
74	Geography and Cartography Dartmouth College · Hanover, NH	54 49–56	$56,756/yr	High	1.2x
75	Geography and Cartography University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee · Milwaukee, WI	52 46–55	$32,052/yr	High	10.2x
76	Geography and Cartography University of Northern Colorado · Greeley, CO	54 50–55	$36,996/yr	High	6.7x
77	Geography and Cartography George Washington University · Washington, DC	53 48–55	$52,883/yr	High	1.0x
78	Geography and Cartography University of Georgia · Athens, GA	48 40–56	$26,801/yr	High	12.0x
79	Geography and Cartography Salem State University · Salem, MA	51 44–55	$32,504/yr	High	9.6x
80	Geography and Cartography Grand Valley State University · Allendale, MI	52 46–55	$35,838/yr	High	7.9x
81	Geography and Cartography Central Washington University · Ellensburg, WA	48 39–56	$23,553/yr	High	13.1x
82	Geography and Cartography Salisbury University · Salisbury, MD	47 39–55	$25,255/yr	High	11.8x
83	Geography and Cartography University of New Mexico-Main Campus · Albuquerque, NM	54 49–54	$32,096/yr	High	8.9x
84	Geography and Cartography SUNY College at Geneseo · Geneseo, NY	54 50–54	$33,758/yr	High	8.4x
85	Geography and Cartography University at Buffalo · Buffalo, NY	49 42–52	$29,390/yr	High	9.5x
86	Geography and Cartography Kent State University at Kent · Kent, OH	49 43–52	$31,414/yr	High	8.4x
87	Geography and Cartography Ohio University-Main Campus · Athens, OH	50 44–53	$33,199/yr	High	8.0x
88	Geography and Cartography University of Colorado Boulder · Boulder, CO	48 41–52	$32,078/yr	High	7.4x
89	Geography and Cartography University of Hawaii at Hilo · Hilo, HI	52 48–52	$30,293/yr	High	8.7x
90	Geography and Cartography Illinois State University · Normal, IL	49 44–51	$34,952/yr	High	4.5x
91	Geography and Cartography Augustana College · Rock Island, IL	47 42–49	$40,683/yr	High	1.0x
92	Geography and Cartography University of Vermont · Burlington, VT	47 42–49	$33,424/yr	High	3.4x
93	Geography and Cartography Rutgers University-New Brunswick · New Brunswick, NJ	42 36–43	$26,701/yr	High	2.9x
94	Geography and Cartography Macalester College · Saint Paul, MN	38 32–41	$30,053/yr	High	1.2x
95	Geography and Cartography Clark University · Worcester, MA	38 32–40	$29,713/yr	High	0.3x

Methodology

Programs are ranked by DegreeWorth Score, which combines four equally weighted factors: graduate earnings (Year 1 after graduation), AI automation resilience (based on OpenAI and academic research), job market size (BLS annual openings), and earnings-to-tuition multiple (10-year projected earnings vs. 4-year tuition).

Earnings data comes from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, which reports actual median earnings of graduates — not self-reported surveys.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the best school for Geography and Cartography?

Based on our DegreeWorth Score, California State University-Sacramento ranks #1 for Geography and Cartography with a score of 72/100 and graduate earnings of $48,227/yr.

How much do Geography and Cartography graduates earn?

Across 95 schools, Geography and Cartography graduates earn an average of $38,355/yr in their first year. The highest-earning program reports $58,786/yr.

Is Geography and Cartography a good major for AI resistance?

Geography and Cartography has an average AI task exposure of 53%, rated "High". This field has significant AI exposure. Check individual program pages for scenario analysis.

Data: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard (earnings, debt), Bureau of Labor Statistics 2024–2034 (employment projections), OpenAI GPTs-are-GPTs research (AI task exposure), Felten et al. AIOE. Last updated 2025.