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2023 Best Value Geography & Cartography Graduate Certificate Schools in Iowa

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$11,735 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$54,930 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Geography & Cartography Graduate Certificate School for You

With 20 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, geography and cartography is the #82 most popular major in Iowa.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Geography & Cartography Graduate Certificate Schools in Iowa to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Iowa 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. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

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

2023 Best Value Geography & Cartography Graduate Certificate Schools in Iowa

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

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

Our 2023 rankings named Iowa State University the best value school in Iowa for geography and cartography students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Ames, Iowa State is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Iowa State are $11,404 a year.

Iowa State not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #4 on our Best Geography & Cartography Graduate Certificate Schools in Iowa list.

Read full report on Geography & Cartography at Iowa State University

#2

University of Iowa

Iowa City, IA

Out of the 2 schools in Iowa that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Iowa landed the # 2 spot on the list. Iowa is a fairly large public school located in the city of Iowa City.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Iowa are $12,065 per year.

Iowa did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Geography & Cartography Graduate Certificate Schools in Iowa list.

Read full report on Geography & Cartography at University of Iowa

Best Value Geography & Cartography Colleges in the Plains States Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 30
Minnesota 52
Kansas 24
Nebraska 6
North Dakota 7
South Dakota 7

One of 12 majors within the area of study, geography and cartography has other similar majors worth exploring.

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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