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2023 Best Value Geography & Cartography Doctor's Degree Schools

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

52 Colleges
$25,491 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Geography & Cartography Doctor's Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, 2,315 people earned a degree or certificate in geography and cartography, making the major the #87 most popular in the United States.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value Geography & Cartography Doctor's Degree Schools ranking. Our analysis looked at 52 schools in the United States to see which doctor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for geography students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Geography & Cartography Doctor’s Degree Schools in the United States

Check out the geography doctor's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Top 10 Best Geography & Cartography Doctor's Degree Schools

Our analysis found Northern Illinois University to be the best value school for geography and cartography students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in the United States. Located in the suburb of Dekalb, NIU is a public school with a large student population.

NIU graduate students pay an average of $11,390 in tuition and fees each year.

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Out of the 52 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Delaware landed the # 2 spot on the list. UD is a very large public school located in the suburb of Newark.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UD are $18,128 per year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, UD also is in the top 20% of our Best Geography & Cartography Doctor’s Degree Schools ranking.

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#3

Texas State University

San Marcos, TX

Out of the 52 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas State University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the city of San Marcos, Texas State is a public college with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Texas State are $17,220 per year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at Austin. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Geography & Cartography Doctor’s Degree Schools list. UT Austin is a very large public school located in the city of Austin.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UT Austin are $22,944 per year.

In addition to its great value ranking, UT Austin is in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Geography & Cartography Doctor’s Degree Schools list.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means University of South Florida - Main Campus is a great value for geography and cartography students working on their doctor’s degree. USF Tampa is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Tampa.

USF Tampa graduate students pay an average of $21,126 in tuition and fees each year.

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University of California - Los Angeles landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value doctor’s degree geography and cartography programs. UCLA is a fairly large public school located in the city of Los Angeles.

UCLA graduate students pay an average of $28,138 in tuition and fees each year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, UCLA also did well on our Best Geography & Cartography Doctor’s Degree Schools list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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University of Wisconsin - Madison ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Geography & Cartography Doctor’s Degree Schools list. UW - Madison is a very large public school located in the city of Madison.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UW - Madison are $25,501 a year.

UW - Madison also claimed a spot on our Best Geography & Cartography Doctor’s Degree Schools list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools in this category.

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Texas A&M University - College Station ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Geography & Cartography Doctor’s Degree Schools list. Located in the midsize city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Texas A&M College Station are $24,106 a year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Texas A&M College Station also is in the top 15% of our Best Geography & Cartography Doctor’s Degree Schools ranking.

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University of North Carolina at Charlotte ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Geography & Cartography Doctor’s Degree Schools list. UNC Charlotte is a fairly large public school located in the city of Charlotte.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UNC Charlotte are $21,147 a year.

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University of Nevada - Reno landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value doctor’s degree geography and cartography programs. Located in the large city of Reno, UNR is a public college with a very large student population.

UNR graduate students pay an average of $22,380 in tuition and fees each year.

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Geography & Cartography by Region

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Region
Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Great Lakes

Geography & Cartography is one of 12 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Economics 6,173
International Relations & National Security 5,010
Political Science & Government 2,664
Sociology 1,907
Anthropology 1,446

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 26 schools only.

  • 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Couleur.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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