As a subject, geography offers students an array of approaches to analyzing and understanding patterns, processes, and problems, while allowing individual students to identify issues and areas which stir their interest. Earning a bachelor's degree or a minor in geography prepares the student for many possibilities after graduation. If the workplace beckons, several career options are available, and some of these are identified on the Careers page. Having a geography major or minor in hand may be a valuable credential in the job market as an indicator of the recent graduate's ability to gather, analyze, synthesize, and summarize data for others. Some employers in both the private and public sectors particularly value a geography graduate's ability to compile and interpret maps.
Computer skills are also assets.
Employers continue to seek applicants with strong communication skills. Regardless of the path the graduate chooses after earning the bachelor's degree, having studied geography will have prepared the adult to continue looking, asking questions, and learning about people and their environment.