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Ranked at #3 in College Factual's most recent rankings, UCLA is in the top 1% of the country for geography students pursuing a bachelor's degree. It is also ranked #2 in California.
During the 2020-2021 academic year, University of California - Los Angeles handed out 145 bachelor's degrees in geography & cartography. This is a decrease of 5% over the previous year when 152 degrees were handed out.
In 2021, 1 students received their master’s degree in geography from UCLA. This makes it the #123 most popular school for geography master’s degree candidates in the country.
In addition, 9 students received their doctoral degrees in geography in 2021, making the school the #5 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.
Geography majors who earn their bachelor's degree from UCLA go on to jobs where they make a median salary of $36,662 a year. This is higher than $34,640, which is the national median for all geography bachelor's degree recipients.
While getting their bachelor's degree at UCLA, geography students borrow a median amount of $13,969 in student loans. This is not too bad considering that the median debt load of all geography bachelor's degree recipients across the country is $23,250.
The typical student loan payment of a bachelor's degree student from the geography program at UCLA is $229 per month.
Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the geography majors at University of California - Los Angeles.
For the most recent academic year available, 43% of geography bachelor's degrees went to men and 57% went to women.
The following table and chart show the ethnic background for students who recently graduated from University of California - Los Angeles with a bachelor's in geography.
Ethnic Background | Number of Students |
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Asian | 20 |
Black or African American | 8 |
Hispanic or Latino | 44 |
White | 49 |
Non-Resident Aliens | 9 |
Other Races | 15 |
All of the 1 students who graduated with a Master’s in geography from UCLA in 2021 were women.
The majority of the master's degree graduates for this major are Hispanic or Latino. In the most recent graduating class for which data is available, 100% of grads fell into this category.
The following table and chart show the ethnic background for students who recently graduated from University of California - Los Angeles with a master's in geography.
Ethnic Background | Number of Students |
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Asian | 0 |
Black or African American | 0 |
Hispanic or Latino | 1 |
White | 0 |
Non-Resident Aliens | 0 |
Other Races | 0 |
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Economics | 884 |
Sociology | 766 |
Political Science & Government | 713 |
Anthropology | 264 |
Other Social Sciences | 24 |
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