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2023 Best Value Geography & Cartography Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

13 Colleges
$26,456 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$54,930 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Geography & Cartography Graduate Certificate School for You

Geography & Cartography is the #87 most popular major in the country with 2,315 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

The Best Value Geography & Cartography Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 13 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which graduate certificate 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.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Geography & Cartography Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for geography majors pursuing a graduate certificate.

Top 10 Best Geography & Cartography Graduate Certificate Schools

Our 2023 rankings named Western Illinois University the best value school in the Great Lakes Region for geography and cartography students working on their graduate certificate. WIU is a moderately-sized public school located in the remote town of Macomb.

WIU graduate students pay an average of $12,182 in tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Wisconsin - Madison. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Geography & Cartography Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. UW - Madison is a fairly large public school located in the city of Madison.

UW - Madison graduate students pay an average of $25,501 in tuition and fees each year.

UW - Madison also made our Best Geography & Cartography Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list, coming in at #5.

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#3

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, IN

Out of the 13 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Purdue University - Main Campus landed the # 3 spot on the list. Purdue is a fairly large public school located in the city of West Lafayette.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Purdue are $28,794 per year.

Purdue also claimed a spot on our Best Geography & Cartography Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. It’s in the top 5% of all schools in this category.

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#4

Elmhurst University

Elmhurst, IL

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Elmhurst University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Geography & Cartography Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Elmhurst is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Elmhurst.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Elmhurst are $32,800 per year.

Elmhurst excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Geography & Cartography Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.

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The excellent graduate certificate programs at Wright State University - Main Campus helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value geography and cartography schools in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the suburb of Dayton, Wright State University - Main Campus is a public college with a large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Wright State University - Main Campus are $24,286 per year.

Full Geography & Cartography at Wright State University - Main Campus Report

With a ranking of #6, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee did quite well on this year’s best value schools for geography and cartography students working on their graduate certificate. UWM is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Milwaukee.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UWM are $25,651 per year.

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Western Michigan University landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate geography and cartography programs. Located in the small city of Kalamazoo, WMU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at WMU are $26,248 per year.

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Miami University - Oxford ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Geography & Cartography Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Miami University - Oxford is a fairly large public school located in the fringe town of Oxford.

Miami University - Oxford graduate students pay an average of $32,332 in tuition and fees each year.

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#9

Ball State University

Muncie, IN

Ball State University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Geography & Cartography Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Ball State is a very large public school located in the city of Muncie.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Ball State are $26,600 per year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Ball State also is in the top 10% of our Best Geography & Cartography Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking.

Full Geography & Cartography at Ball State University Report

Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Geography & Cartography Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. IUPUI is a very large public school located in the large city of Indianapolis.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at IUPUI are $26,529 a year.

Full Geography & Cartography at Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis Report

Best Geography & Cartography Colleges by State

Explore the best geography and cartography schools for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 42
Illinois 42
Ohio 85
Indiana 15
Wisconsin 94

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 13 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.

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