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2023 Best Value Geography & Cartography Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

10 Colleges
$29,451 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.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

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 Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 10 schools in the Middle Atlantic 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.

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 the Middle Atlantic Region

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

Top 10 Best Geography & Cartography Graduate Certificate Schools

Our 2023 rankings named West Chester University of Pennsylvania the best value school in the Middle Atlantic Region for geography and cartography students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large suburb of West Chester, WCUPA is a public school with a large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at WCUPA are $16,758 per year.

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The excellent graduate certificate programs at George Washington University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value geography and cartography schools in the Middle Atlantic Region . Located in the large city of Washington, GWU is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at GWU are $32,904 per year.

GWU also claimed a spot on our Best Geography & Cartography Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools in this category.

Full Geography & Cartography at George Washington University Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Indiana University of Pennsylvania - Main Campus. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Geography & Cartography Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. IUP is a medium-sized public school located in the distant town of Indiana.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at IUP are $18,207 per year.

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#4

Stockton University

Galloway, NJ

Out of the 10 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Stockton University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the midsize suburb of Galloway, Stockton State is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

Stockton State graduate students pay an average of $22,247 in tuition and fees each year.

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#5

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Pennsylvania. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Geography & Cartography Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. UPenn is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Philadelphia.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UPenn are $42,932 a year.

UPenn also made our Best Geography & Cartography Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list, coming in at #2.

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#6

Temple University

Philadelphia, PA

Temple University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Geography & Cartography Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Located in the large city of Philadelphia, Temple is a public school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Temple are $24,812 a year.

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#7

Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, MD

Johns Hopkins University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Geography & Cartography Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Located in the large city of Baltimore, Johns Hopkins is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Johns Hopkins are $61,202 per year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, Johns Hopkins also did well on our Best Geography & Cartography Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. It’s in the top 5% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

Full Geography & Cartography at Johns Hopkins University Report

#8

Hunter College

New York, NY

With a ranking of #8, Hunter College did quite well on this year’s best value schools for geography and cartography students working on their graduate certificate. Hunter is a fairly large public school located in the large city of New York.

Hunter graduate students pay an average of $20,828 in tuition and fees each year.

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#9

University at Albany

Albany, NY

University at Albany did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for geography and cartography students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #9 on the list. UAlbany is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Albany.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UAlbany are $25,325 a year.

Full Geography & Cartography at University at Albany Report

#10

Monmouth University

West Long Branch, NJ

With a ranking of #10, Monmouth University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for geography and cartography students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large suburb of West Long Branch, Monmouth is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.

Monmouth graduate students pay an average of $29,290 in tuition and fees each year.

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Best Geography & Cartography Colleges by State

Explore the best geography and cartography schools for a specific state in the Middle Atlantic region.

State Degrees Awarded
New York 73
Pennsylvania 330
Maryland 75
New Jersey 14
District of Columbia 21
Delaware 2

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 10 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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