Geography is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #159 most popular degree program in the country. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 7 schools in Ohio to determine which ones were the best for geography students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 172 degrees in geography during the 2020-2021 academic year.
The geography program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Geography rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for geography schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
The geography school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Geography Schools in Ohio.
If you'd like to restrict your choices to just one part of the country, you can filter this list by location.
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The schools below may not offer all types of geography degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Ohio State University - Main Campus is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in geography. Ohio State is a very large public university located in the large city of Columbus. A Best Colleges rank of #69 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Ohio State is a great university overall.
There were roughly 41 geography students who graduated with this degree at Ohio State in the most recent data year.
Miami University - Oxford is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in geography. Miami University - Oxford is a large public university located in the town of Oxford. A Best Colleges rank of #116 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Miami University - Oxford is a great university overall.
There were roughly 44 geography students who graduated with this degree at Miami University - Oxford in the most recent data year.
It's hard to beat Ohio University - Athens Campus if you want to pursue a degree in geography. OHIO Athens is a very large public university located in the town of Athens. A Best Colleges rank of #239 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means OHIO Athens is a great university overall.
There were about 32 geography students who graduated with this degree at OHIO Athens in the most recent year we have data available.
Every student who is interested in geography has to take a look at Kent State University at Kent. Kent State is a fairly large public university located in the suburb of Kent. A Best Colleges rank of #388 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Kent State is a great university overall.
There were approximately 23 geography students who graduated with this degree at Kent State in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the large city of Toledo, University of Toledo is a public university with a large student population. This university ranks 19th out of 96 schools for overall quality in the state of Ohio.
There were approximately 13 geography students who graduated with this degree at University of Toledo in the most recent year we have data available.
Wright State University - Main Campus is a moderately-sized public university located in the suburb of Dayton. This university ranks 36th out of 96 colleges for overall quality in the state of Ohio.
There were roughly 3 geography students who graduated with this degree at Wright State University - Main Campus in the most recent data year.
OWU is a small private not-for-profit university located in the suburb of Delaware. This university ranks 46th out of 96 schools for overall quality in the state of Ohio.
There were roughly 3 geography students who graduated with this degree at OWU in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the small city of Youngstown, Youngstown State University is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 37th out of 96 colleges for overall quality in the state of Ohio.
There were approximately 8 geography students who graduated with this degree at Youngstown State University in the most recent year we have data available.
BGSU is a large public university located in the town of Bowling Green. This university ranks 23rd out of 96 schools for overall quality in the state of Ohio.
There were roughly 3 geography students who graduated with this degree at BGSU 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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The geography program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Geography rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for geography schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
