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2023 Best Value Geography & Cartography Graduate Certificate Schools in Minnesota

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$12,597 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$54,930 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Geography & Cartography Graduate Certificate School for You

With 52 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, geography and cartography is the #64 most popular major in Minnesota.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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 Minnesota 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 Minnesota 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 Minnesota

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

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

Our analysis found Minnesota State University - Mankato to be the best value school for geography and cartography students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Minnesota. Minnesota State Mankato is a fairly large public school located in the city of Mankato.

Minnesota State Mankato graduate students pay an average of $9,308 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Minnesota State Mankato also made our Best Geography & Cartography Graduate Certificate Schools in Minnesota list, coming in at #2.

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#2

Saint Cloud State University

Saint Cloud, MN

Out of the 3 schools in Minnesota that were part of this year’s ranking, Saint Cloud State University landed the # 2 spot on the list. St. Cloud State University is a large public school located in the small city of Saint Cloud.

St. Cloud State University graduate students pay an average of $9,192 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Full Geography & Cartography at Saint Cloud State University Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Minnesota - Duluth. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Geography & Cartography Graduate Certificate Schools in Minnesota list. UMN Duluth is a medium-sized public school located in the city of Duluth.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UMN Duluth are $19,292 a year.

Full Geography & Cartography at University of Minnesota - Duluth Report

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
Iowa 20
Kansas 24
Nebraska 6
North Dakota 7
South Dakota 7

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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Couleur.

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