2024 Best Geography Schools in Connecticut

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 2 schools in Connecticut to determine which ones were the best for geography students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 37 degrees in geography during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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• Best Overall Geography Schools List

Geography Rankings by Degree Level

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 Schools in Connecticut list to help you make the college decision. 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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Best Schools for Geography in Connecticut

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.

Top Connecticut Schools in Geography

1

University of Connecticut
Storrs, CT

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

University of Connecticut is a wonderful choice for students interested in a degree in geography. Located in the suburb of Storrs, UCONN is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a degree in geography from University of Connecticut

2

Central Connecticut State University
New Britain, CT

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

It is difficult to beat Central Connecticut State University if you want to pursue a degree in geography. Located in the large suburb of New Britain, CCSU is a public university with a medium-sized student population.More information about a degree in geography from Central Connecticut State University

Best Geography Colleges in the New England Region

Explore all the Best Geography Schools in the New England Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts	854	120
Rhode Island	436	1
Maine	396	0
New Hampshire	395	59
Vermont	352	31

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Rankings in Majors Related to Geography

One of 2 majors within the Geography & Cartography area of study, Geography has other similar majors worth exploring.

Most Popular Majors Related to Geography

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Geographic Information Science	16

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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.