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2023 Best Value Geography & Cartography Schools in the Southwest Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

14 Colleges
$25,267 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$41,011 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Geography & Cartography 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 Schools in the Southwest Region ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 14 schools in the Southwest Region to see which ones offered the best value programs for geography students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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 Schools in the Southwest Region

Check out the geography programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Top 10 Best Geography & Cartography Schools

Our 2023 rankings named Texas A&M University - College Station the best value school in the Southwest Region for geography and cartography students. Located in the city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Texas A&M College Station are $38,855 a year.

Texas A&M College Station also made our Best Geography & Cartography Schools in the Southwest Region list, coming in at #5.

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#2

Texas State University

San Marcos, TX
$22,559 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Texas State University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Geography & Cartography Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the city of San Marcos, Texas State is a public college with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Texas State are $22,559 per year.

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#3

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Tech University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Geography & Cartography Schools in the Southwest Region list. Texas Tech is a fairly large public school located in the city of Lubbock.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Texas Tech are $24,121 per year.

Texas Tech also claimed a spot on our Best Geography & Cartography Schools in the Southwest Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools in this category.

Full Geography & Cartography at Texas Tech University Report

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means The University of Texas at Austin is a great value for geography and cartography students. UT Austin is a very large public school located in the city of Austin.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UT Austin are $40,996 per year.

UT Austin did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Geography & Cartography Schools in the Southwest Region list.

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$20,906 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 14 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Texas landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the midsize city of Denton, UNT is a public school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at UNT are $20,906 a year.

Full Geography & Cartography at University of North Texas Report

Sam Houston State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for geography and cartography students. It came in at #6 on the list. SHSU is a very large public school located in the distant town of Huntsville.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at SHSU are $18,752 per year.

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University of Oklahoma Norman Campus landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value geography and cartography programs. Located in the midsize suburb of Norman, University of Oklahoma is a public college with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at University of Oklahoma are $25,116 per year.

Full Geography & Cartography at University of Oklahoma Norman Campus Report

$17,761 Average Tuition & Fees

Northern Arizona University ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Geography & Cartography Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the city of Flagstaff, NAU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at NAU are $17,761 a year.

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With a ranking of #9, The University of Texas at Dallas did quite well on this year’s best value schools for geography and cartography students. Located in the medium-sized city of Richardson, UT Dallas is a public college with a fairly large student population.

UT Dallas undergraduate students pay an average of $39,776 in tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its great value ranking, UT Dallas is in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Geography & Cartography Schools in the Southwest Region list.

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$25,243 Average Tuition & Fees

University of New Mexico - Main Campus landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value geography and cartography programs. UNM is a fairly large public school located in the city of Albuquerque.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UNM are $25,243 per year.

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Best Geography & Cartography Colleges by State

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

State Degrees Awarded
Texas 124
Arizona 93
Oklahoma 15
New Mexico 9

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 14 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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