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2023 Best Value Geography & Cartography Graduate Certificate Schools in Indiana

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$10,175 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$54,930 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Geography & Cartography Graduate Certificate School for You

With 15 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, geography and cartography is the #135 most popular major in Indiana.

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.

The Best Value Geography & Cartography Graduate Certificate Schools in Indiana ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Indiana 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.

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 Graduate Certificate Schools in Indiana

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Geography & Cartography Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Best Indiana Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Geography & Cartography

#1

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, IN

Our analysis found Purdue University - Main Campus to be the best value school for geography and cartography students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Indiana. Purdue is a fairly large public school located in the small city of West Lafayette.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Purdue are $9,992 a year.

Purdue also made our Best Geography & Cartography Graduate Certificate Schools in Indiana list, coming in at #1.

Full Geography & Cartography at Purdue University - Main Campus Report

#2

Ball State University

Muncie, IN

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Ball State University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value geography and cartography schools in Indiana. Ball State is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Muncie.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Ball State are $10,144 per year.

Ball State not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #2 on our Best Geography & Cartography Graduate Certificate Schools in Indiana list.

Full Geography & Cartography at Ball State University Report

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value geography and cartography schools in Indiana. IUPUI is a very large public school located in the city of Indianapolis.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at IUPUI are $10,389 a year.

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

Best Value Geography & Cartography Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 42
Illinois 42
Ohio 85
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 3 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).
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