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Geography & Cartography at The University of Tennessee - Knoxville

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Geography & Cartography at The University of Tennessee - Knoxville

If you are interested in studying geography and cartography, you may want to check out the program at The University of Tennessee - Knoxville. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

UT Knoxville is located in Knoxville, Tennessee and approximately 30,559 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 5 students received their master's degree in geography.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Geography & Cartography section at the bottom of this page.

UT Knoxville Geography & Cartography Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Geography
  • Doctorate Degree in Geography

Online Classes Are Available at UT Knoxville

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

For those who are interested in distance learning, UT Knoxville does offer online courses in geography for the following degree levels:

  • Bachelor’s Degree
  • Master’s Degree

UT Knoxville Geography & Cartography Rankings

There were 4 students who received their doctoral degrees in geography, making the school the #20 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Geography Student Demographics at UT Knoxville

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the geography majors at The University of Tennessee - Knoxville.

UT Knoxville Geography & Cartography Master’s Program

80% Women
40% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
Of the 5 students who graduated with a master’s in geography from UT Knoxville in 2021, 20% were men and 80% were women.

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Of the students who received a geography master's degree from UT Knoxville, 60% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level. In the geography master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 40% of degree recipients. That is 21% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from The University of Tennessee - Knoxville with a master's in geography.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 3
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

Careers That Geography Grads May Go Into

A degree in geography can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for TN, the home state for The University of Tennessee - Knoxville.

Occupation Jobs in TN Average Salary in TN
Managers 14,480 $83,010
Cartographers and Photogrammetrists 170 $58,380
Geography Professors 50 $74,220

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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