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2023 Best Value Geography & Cartography Doctor's Degree Schools in Illinois

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$14,607 Avg Tuition & Fees*

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

With 42 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, geography and cartography is the #137 most popular major in Illinois.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Value Geography & Cartography Doctor's Degree Schools in Illinois ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in Illinois to see which ones offered the best value doctor's degree programs for geography students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Geography & Cartography Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Geography & Cartography Doctor's Degree Colleges.

Best Illinois Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Geography & Cartography

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 Illinois. Located in the suburb of Dekalb, NIU is a public college with a large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at NIU are $11,390 per year.

Read full report on Geography & Cartography at Northern Illinois University

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Geography & Cartography Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois list. UIUC is a very large public school located in the small city of Champaign.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UIUC are $17,823 per year.

UIUC also made our Best Geography & Cartography Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois list, coming in at #4.

Read full report on Geography & Cartography at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Best Value Geography & Cartography Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Value Geography & Cartography Colleges in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 42
Ohio 85
Indiana 15
Wisconsin 94

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

Majors Similar to Geography

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 2 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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