Geography
Add ComparisonIn 2021, the locations with the highest concentration of Geography degree recipients are State College, PA, Los Angeles, CA, and Gainesville, FL. In 2021, the locations with a relatively high number of Geography degree recipients are Air Force Academy, CO, University of Pittsburgh Johnstown, PA, and Middlebury, VT. The most common degree awarded to students studying Geography is a bachelors degree.
Information about the types of higher education institutions that grant degrees in Geography and the types of students that study this field. The Pennsylvania State University awards the most degrees in Geography in the US, but United States Air Force Academy and University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown have the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Geography.
Tuition costs for Geography majors are, on average, $7,540 for in-state public colleges, and $49,950 for out of state private colleges.
The most common sector, by number of institutions, that offers Geography programs are Public, 4-year or above institutions (250 total). The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded, is Public, 4-year or above (4,317 completions).
The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded in Geography, is Public, 4-year or above (4,317 completions in 2021).
The following chart shows the share of universities that offer Geography programs, by the total number of completions, colored and grouped by their sector.
The Pennsylvania State University has the most Geography degree recipients, with 266 degrees awarded in 2021.
The following bar chart shows the state tuition for the top 5 institutions with the most degrees awarded in Geography.
Out of all institutions that offer Geography programs and have at least 5 graduates in those programs, United States Air Force Academy has the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Geography, with 5.3%.
This map shows the counties in the United States colored by the highest number of degrees awarded in Geography by year.
This map shows the counties in the United States colored by the highest growth in degrees awarded for Geography.
Information on the businesses and industries that employ Social Sciences graduates and on wages and locations for those in the field.
The average salary for Social Sciences majors is $105,132 and the most common occupations are Lawyers, & judges, magistrates, & other judicial workers, Other managers, and Elementary & middle school teachers.
The industry that employs the most Social Sciences majors is Legal services, though the highest paying industry, by average wage, is Not specified food industries, manufacturing.
The average salary for Social Sciences majors is $105,132 and the most common occupations are Lawyers, & judges, magistrates, & other judicial workers, Other managers, and Elementary & middle school teachers.
This chart shows the average annual salaries of the most common occupations for Social Sciences majors.
This map shows the public use micro areas (PUMAs) in the United States colored by the average salary of Social Sciences majors.
Note that the census collects information tied to where people live, not where they work. It is possible that Social Sciences majors live and work in the same place, but it is also possible that they live and work in two different places.
The most common occupations Social Sciences majors, by number of employees, are Lawyers, & judges, magistrates, & other judicial workers, Other managers, and Elementary & middle school teachers.
Compared to other majors, there are an unusually high number of Social Sciences majors working as Economists, Miscellaneous social scientists, including survey researchers & sociologists, and Lawyers, & judges, magistrates, & other judicial workers.
The highest paid occupations by median income for Social Sciences majors are Surgeons, Securities, commodities, & financial services sales agents, and Nuclear medicine technologists and medical dosimetrists.
The number of Social Sciences graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 3.42%, from 3.83M in 2020 to 3.96M in 2021.
The largest single share of Social Sciences graduates go on to work as Lawyers, & judges, magistrates, & other judicial workers (8.06%). This chart shows the various jobs filled by those with a major in Social Sciences by share of the total number of graduates.
The most common industries that employ Social Sciences majors, by number of employees, are Legal services, Elementary & secondary schools, and Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges.
The highest paying industries of Social Sciences majors, by average wage, are Not specified food industries, manufacturing, Securities, commodities, funds, trusts & other financial investments, and Miscellaneous nonmetallic mineral product manufacturing.
The number of Social Sciences graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 3.42%, from 3.83M in 2020 to 3.96M in 2021.
The industry which employs the most Social Sciences graduates by share is Legal services, followed by Elementary & secondary schools. This visualization shows the industries that hire those who major in Social Sciences.
This map shows the public use micro areas (PUMAs) in the United States where there are a relatively high population of Social Sciences majors.
Note that the census collects information tied to where people live, not where they work. It is possible that Social Sciences majors live and work in the same place, but it is also possible that they live and work in two different places.
Demographic information for those who earn a degree in Social Sciences in the United States.
The average age of a person in the workforce with a degree in Social Sciences is 43.2.
The most common degree type these workers hold is a Bachelors Degree. Male employees are more likely to hold Social Sciences degrees, and White students are the most common race/ethnicty group awarded degrees in Social Sciences (3,219 students).
This chart shows distribution of ages for employees with a degree in Social Sciences. The most common ages of employees with this major are 35 and 30 years old, which represent 2.9% and 2.87% of the population, respectively.
The most common degree types awarded to students graduating in Geography are Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree, and Postbaccalaureate Certificate.
The most common degree types held by the working population in Social Sciences are Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree, and Professional degree.
This chart shows the granted degrees by sex at the 5 institutions that graduate the most students in Geography.
This chart shows the number of degrees awarded in Geography for each race & ethnicity. White students earned the largest share of the degrees with this major.
This chart illustrates the differences by sex for each race & ethnicity of Bachelors Degree recipients in Geography.
White Male students, who earn most of the degrees in this field, are the most common combination of race/ethnicity and sex.
There are a relatively high number of people that were born in Azerbaijan that hold Social Sciences degrees (4.44 times more than expected), and the most common country of origin by total numbers for non-US students earning a degree in this field is India (47,004 degree recipients).
Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for those working in the Geography field from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Geography majors need many skills, but most especially Reading Comprehension. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Geography majors need more than the average amount of Equipment Maintenance, Repairing, Operation and Control, Equipment Selection, Programming, Troubleshooting, Quality Control Analysis, Operation Monitoring, Mathematics, Operations Analysis, Technology Design, Management of Personnel Resources, Learning Strategies, Instructing, Time Management, Reading Comprehension, Coordination, Writing, Service Orientation, Active Learning, Critical Thinking, Systems Analysis, Monitoring, Complex Problem Solving, Social Perceptiveness, Science, Systems Evaluation, Judgment and Decision Making, Speaking, Negotiation, Persuasion, Active Listening, Management of Material Resources, Management of Financial Resources, and Installation.
These two visualizations, one a radial chart and one a bar chart, show the same information, a rating of how necessary the following skills are for Geography majors. Toggle between "value" and "RCA" to see the absolute rating of that skill (value) and the revealed comparative advantage (RCA), or how much greater or lesser that skill's rating is than the average. The longer the bar or the closer the line comes to the circumference of the circle, the more important that skill is. The importance of Equipment Maintenance is very distinctive for majors, but the Reading Comprehension, Mathematics, Critical Thinking, Writing, Speaking, Active Listening, Active Learning, Complex Problem Solving, Time Management, Monitoring, Coordination, Judgment and Decision Making, Instructing, Learning Strategies, Social Perceptiveness, Management of Personnel Resources, Operation Monitoring, Quality Control Analysis, Service Orientation, Systems Analysis, Systems Evaluation, Operation and Control, Persuasion, Negotiation, Operations Analysis, Science, Troubleshooting, Programming, Equipment Maintenance, Management of Material Resources, Management of Financial Resources, Technology Design, Equipment Selection, Repairing, and Installation are the three most important skills for people in the field.
