58 Best colleges for Geography and Cartography in Ohio

Updated: March 15, 2026

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in Ohio ranked based on their research performance in Geography and Cartography. A graph of 4.68M citations received by 167K academic papers made by 58 universities in Ohio was used to calculate publications' ratings, which then were adjusted for release dates and added to final scores.

We don't distinguish between undergraduate and graduate programs nor do we adjust for current majors offered. You can find information about granted degrees on a university page but always double-check with the university website.

1. Ohio State University

Columbus

For Geography and Cartography

#19 in the United States

#21 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 61%
Average SAT: 1395
Average ACT: 30
Receiving Aid: 80%

2. University of Cincinnati

Cincinnati

For Geography and Cartography

#84 in the United States

#101 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 85%
Average SAT: 1265
Average ACT: 27
Receiving Aid: 88%

3. Case Western Reserve University

Cleveland

For Geography and Cartography

#87 in the United States

#104 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 37%
Average SAT: 1485
Average ACT: 33
Net Price: $44,000

4. Kent State University at Kent

Kent

For Geography and Cartography

#154 in the United States

#180 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 86%
Average SAT: 1125
Average ACT: 22
Receiving Aid: 97%

5. Miami University - Oxford

Oxford

For Geography and Cartography

#169 in the United States

#196 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Average SAT: 1305
Average ACT: 28
Receiving Aid: 98%

6. University of Akron

Akron

For Geography and Cartography

#173 in the United States

#201 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Average SAT: 1045
Average ACT: 21
Receiving Aid: 97%

7. University of Toledo

Toledo

For Geography and Cartography

#180 in the United States

#208 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 92%
Average SAT: 1200
Average ACT: 26
Receiving Aid: 92%

8. Bowling Green State University

Bowling Green

For Geography and Cartography

#192 in the United States

#221 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 81%
Average SAT: 1105
Average ACT: 23
Receiving Aid: 99%

9. Wright State University

Dayton

For Geography and Cartography

#205 in the United States

#234 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 96%
Receiving Aid: 96%
Average Aid: $8,942
Enrollment: 10,603

10. University of Dayton

Dayton

For Geography and Cartography

#218 in the United States

#248 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 65%
Average SAT: 1290
Average ACT: 28
Net Price: $32,794

11. Urbana University

Urbana

For Geography and Cartography

#222 in the United States

#253 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 61%
Net Price: $21,774
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $15,344

12. Cleveland State University

Cleveland

For Geography and Cartography

#228 in the United States

#260 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 91%
Receiving Aid: 90%
Average Aid: $9,795
Enrollment: 14,074

13. Air Force Institute of Technology - Graduate School of Engineering & Management

Wright-Patterson AFB

For Geography and Cartography

#281 in the United States

#321 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 42%
Enrollment: 1,070
Male:Female: 81:19
Founded: 1919

14. Oberlin College

Oberlin

For Geography and Cartography

#328 in the United States

#376 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Average SAT: 1440
Average ACT: 33
Net Price: $51,624

15. Capital University

Columbus

For Geography and Cartography

#342 in the United States

#391 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Average SAT: 1045
Average ACT: 22
Net Price: $22,395

16. Heidelberg University

Tiffin

For Geography and Cartography

#368 in the United States

#418 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 86%
Net Price: $19,447
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $27,363

17. Northeast Ohio Medical University

Rootstown

For Geography and Cartography

#412 in the United States

#463 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 9%
Enrollment: 1,029
Male:Female: 51:49
Founded: 1973

18. University of Rio Grande

Rio Grande

For Geography and Cartography

#446 in the United States

#497 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 100%
Net Price: $24,061
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $8,910

19. Denison University

Granville

For Geography and Cartography

#456 in the United States

#507 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 17%
Average SAT: 1405
Average ACT: 32
Net Price: $43,721

20. Youngstown State University

Youngstown

For Geography and Cartography

#467 in the United States

#520 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 84%
Average SAT: 1120
Average ACT: 22
Receiving Aid: 98%

21. College of Wooster

Wooster

For Geography and Cartography

#474 in the United States

#527 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Average SAT: 1340
Average ACT: 30
Net Price: $28,004

22. Kenyon College

Gambier

For Geography and Cartography

#499 in the United States

#552 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Average SAT: 1431
Average ACT: 32
Net Price: $46,859

23. Walsh University

North Canton

For Geography and Cartography

#598 in the United States

#659 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Average SAT: 1160
Average ACT: 24
Net Price: $23,933

24. John Carroll University

University Heights

For Geography and Cartography

#605 in the United States

#666 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 81%
Average SAT: 1255
Average ACT: 29
Net Price: $30,030

25. Xavier University

Cincinnati

For Geography and Cartography

#614 in the United States

#675 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 86%
Average SAT: 1207
Average ACT: 26
Net Price: $33,623

26. Wittenberg University

Springfield

For Geography and Cartography

#646 in the United States

#710 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 72%
Average SAT: 1128
Average ACT: 25
Net Price: $23,537

27. Hiram College

Hiram

For Geography and Cartography

#672 in the United States

#737 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 94%
Net Price: $21,868
Receiving Aid: 99%
Average Aid: $18,726

28. Ohio Wesleyan University

Delaware

For Geography and Cartography

#714 in the United States

#780 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 56%
Net Price: $23,006
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $45,481

29. Marietta College

Marietta

For Geography and Cartography

#760 in the United States

#828 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 79%
Average SAT: 1120
Average ACT: 21
Net Price: $22,007

30. Ohio Northern University

Ada

For Geography and Cartography

#779 in the United States

#848 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 74%
Average SAT: 1288
Average ACT: 27
Net Price: $25,941

31. Franciscan University of Steubenville

Steubenville

For Geography and Cartography

#780 in the United States

#849 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 58%
Average SAT: 1230
Average ACT: 26
Net Price: $23,086

32. Union Institute & University

Cincinnati

For Geography and Cartography

#859 in the United States

#929 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 100%
Net Price: $28,463
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $3,217

33. Baldwin Wallace University

Berea

For Geography and Cartography

#916 in the United States

#988 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 76%
Average SAT: 1175
Average ACT: 26
Net Price: $27,991

34. Cedarville University

Cedarville

For Geography and Cartography

#917 in the United States

#989 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 65%
Average SAT: 1245
Average ACT: 26
Net Price: $27,150

35. Franklin University

Columbus

For Geography and Cartography

#919 in the United States

#991 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 100%
Net Price: $25,576
Receiving Aid: 96%
Average Aid: $5,166

36. Otterbein University

Westerville

For Geography and Cartography

#971 in the United States

#1044 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 85%
Average ACT: 25
Net Price: $20,457
Receiving Aid: 100%

37. Ashland University

Ashland

For Geography and Cartography

#974 in the United States

#1047 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 76%
Average SAT: 1122
Average ACT: 23
Net Price: $22,610

38. Ohio State University - Marion

Marion

For Geography and Cartography

#990 in the United States

#1064 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 100%
Receiving Aid: 90%
Average Aid: $6,187
Enrollment: 849

39. University of Mount Union

Alliance

For Geography and Cartography

#1100 in the United States

#1175 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Average SAT: 1075
Average ACT: 22
Net Price: $23,616

40. Ohio State University - Mansfield

Mansfield

For Geography and Cartography

#1103 in the United States

#1178 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 100%
Receiving Aid: 84%
Average Aid: $7,627
Enrollment: 849

41. Ohio State University - Lima

Lima

For Geography and Cartography

#1116 in the United States

#1192 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 100%
Receiving Aid: 87%
Average Aid: $6,491
Enrollment: 723

42. Central State University

Wilberforce

For Geography and Cartography

#1152 in the United States

#1228 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 99%
Receiving Aid: 99%
Average Aid: $18,654
Enrollment: 2,708

43. Bluffton University

Bluffton

For Geography and Cartography

#1171 in the United States

#1248 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 67%
Average SAT: 995
Average ACT: 19
Net Price: $20,429

44. University of Findlay

Findlay

For Geography and Cartography

#1178 in the United States

#1255 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 83%
Net Price: $27,297
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $27,292

45. Muskingum University

New Concord

For Geography and Cartography

#1202 in the United States

#1280 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 82%
Average SAT: 1008
Average ACT: 20
Net Price: $19,695

46. Mount Saint Joseph University

Cincinnati

For Geography and Cartography

#1208 in the United States

#1287 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 59%
Average SAT: 1035
Average ACT: 24
Net Price: $17,094

47. Malone University

Canton

For Geography and Cartography

#1223 in the United States

#1302 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 76%
Average SAT: 1055
Average ACT: 21
Net Price: $22,390

48. Antioch College

Yellow Springs

For Geography and Cartography

#1225 in the United States

#1304 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 89%
Net Price: $15,964
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $33,414

49. United Theological Seminary

Dayton

For Geography and Cartography

#1277 in the United States

#1358 in North America

Enrollment: 510
Male:Female: 60:40

50. Wilberforce University

Wilberforce

For Geography and Cartography

#1286 in the United States

#1367 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 41%
Net Price: $5,533
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $20,143

51. Ohio University

Athens

For Geography and Cartography

#1294 in the United States

#1375 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 85%
Average SAT: 1190
Average ACT: 25
Receiving Aid: 97%

52. Lake Erie College

Painesville

For Geography and Cartography

#1340 in the United States

#1422 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Net Price: $22,892
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $27,879

53. Mount Vernon Nazarene University

Mount Vernon

For Geography and Cartography

#1341 in the United States

#1423 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 84%
Average SAT: 1181
Average ACT: 22
Net Price: $22,961

54. Notre Dame College

Cleveland

For Geography and Cartography

#1352 in the United States

#1435 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 93%
Net Price: $20,606
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $25,926

55. Ohio Dominican University

Columbus

For Geography and Cartography

#1411 in the United States

#1497 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 94%
Net Price: $21,032
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $26,790

56. Wilmington College

Wilmington

For Geography and Cartography

#1415 in the United States

#1501 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 92%
Average SAT: 1035
Average ACT: 20
Net Price: $26,548

57. Methodist Theological School in Ohio

Delaware

For Geography and Cartography

#1439 in the United States

#1525 in North America

Enrollment: 186
Male:Female: 37:63

58. Shawnee State University

Portsmouth

For Geography and Cartography

#1440 in the United States

#1526 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 100%
Receiving Aid: 93%
Average Aid: $7,820
Enrollment: 3,231

Closest to Ohio states to learn Geography and Cartography

State	Universities Unis	Best university country rank Best uni rank
West Virginia	16	103
Indiana	32	20
Kentucky	24	69
Pennsylvania	98	10
Virginia	40	45
Michigan	35	5
District of Columbia	9	78
Maryland	26	18
Illinois	73	8
Tennessee	32	54
North Carolina	43	36
New Jersey	25	13
New York	129	7
Wisconsin	32	9
South Carolina	25	80
Connecticut	20	22
Georgia	43	30
Missouri	37	52
Iowa	28	41
Vermont	11	128
Massachusetts	68	3
Rhode Island	9	64
Alabama	25	101
New Hampshire	11	76
Arkansas	17	135
Mississippi	13	109
Minnesota	27	15
Maine	14	136
Kansas	14	61
Louisiana	24	68
Florida	53	17
Oklahoma	18	65
Nebraska	11	57
South Dakota	8	190
North Dakota	8	181
Texas	74	14
Colorado	20	26
New Mexico	8	95
Montana	8	113
Utah	10	49
Idaho	7	118
Arizona	10	25
Puerto Rico	14	282
Nevada	7	121
Washington	29	4
Oregon	17	44
California	122	1
Alaska	4	94
Hawaii	7	70