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2023 Best Value Geography & Cartography Schools in Minnesota

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$11,855 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$31,704 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Geography & Cartography 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.

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 Schools in Minnesota ranking. This report analyzed 4 schools in Minnesota 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.

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 Schools in Minnesota

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

Best Minnesota Schools for Affordable Quality in Geography & Cartography

$9,146 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Minnesota State University - Mankato the best value school in Minnesota for geography and cartography students. Minnesota State Mankato is a fairly large public school located in the city of Mankato.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Minnesota State Mankato are $9,146 per year.

Minnesota State Mankato did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Geography & Cartography Schools in Minnesota list.

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#2

Saint Cloud State University

Saint Cloud, MN
$9,170 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at Saint Cloud State University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best geography and cartography schools in Minnesota. St. Cloud State University is a fairly large public school located in the city of Saint Cloud.

St. Cloud State University undergraduate students pay an average of $9,170 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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$15,254 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of Minnesota - Twin Cities is a great value for geography and cartography students. Located in the large city of Minneapolis, UMN Twin Cities is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UMN Twin Cities are $15,254 a year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, UMN Twin Cities is ranked #5 for overall quality for geography in Minnesota.

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$13,850 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means University of Minnesota - Duluth is a great value for geography and cartography students. UMN Duluth is a medium-sized public school located in the small city of Duluth.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UMN Duluth are $13,850 a year.

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Best Value Geography & Cartography Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Best Value Geography & Cartography Schools 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 4 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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