A degree in geography is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #159 out of 1506 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in Maryland to determine which ones were the best for geography students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 78 degrees in geography during the 2020-2021 academic year.
Your choice of geography school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Geography School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Geography Schools in Maryland ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the geography degrees they offer, see the list below.
It's hard to beat Towson University if you wish to pursue a degree in geography. Towson is a large public university located in the small city of Towson. A Best Colleges rank of #248 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Towson is a great university overall.
There were approximately 20 geography students who graduated with this degree at Towson in the most recent data year.
It's hard to beat Salisbury University if you wish to pursue a degree in geography. Salisbury is a moderately-sized public university located in the small suburb of Salisbury. This university ranks 11th out of 36 colleges for overall quality in the state of Maryland.
There were about 28 geography students who graduated with this degree at Salisbury in the most recent data year.
Frostburg State University is a great choice for students interested in a degree in geography. Located in the small suburb of Frostburg, Frostburg State is a public university with a small student population. This university ranks 28th out of 36 schools for overall quality in the state of Maryland.
There were approximately 12 geography students who graduated with this degree at Frostburg State in the most recent year we have data available.
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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Your choice of geography school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Geography School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
