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 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in Massachusetts to determine which ones were the best for geography students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 87 degrees in geography annually.
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. 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.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Geography Schools in Massachusetts list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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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.
University of Massachusetts Amherst is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in geography. Located in the city of Amherst, UMass Amherst is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #60 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UMass Amherst is a great university overall.
There were approximately 38 geography students who graduated with this degree at UMass Amherst in the most recent data year.
Mount Holyoke College is a wonderful option for students interested in a degree in geography. Mt. Holyoke is a small private not-for-profit college located in the suburb of South Hadley. This college ranks 36th out of 63 schools for overall quality in the state of Massachusetts.
There were approximately 8 geography students who graduated with this degree at Mt. Holyoke in the most recent data year.
Salem State University is a wonderful option for students pursuing a degree in geography. Located in the suburb of Salem, Salem State is a public university with a moderately-sized student population. This university ranks 26th out of 63 colleges for overall quality in the state of Massachusetts.
There were about 22 geography students who graduated with this degree at Salem 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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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. 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.
