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2022 Best Value Geographic Information Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid

7 Ranked Colleges
66 Degrees Awarded
$16,000 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Geographic Information Science Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Geographic Information Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 3,098 people earned their degree in geographic information science, making the major the 357th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southeast region, there were 389 geographic information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 66 geographic information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,277 and $25,415 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Geographic Information Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 7 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in geographic information science. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality geographic information science programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the geographic information science program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Geographic Information Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Geographic Information Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 7 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Geographic Information Science in the Southeast Region (With Aid)

#1

University of North Alabama

Florence, Alabama
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Geographic Information Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Alabama landed the #1 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Florence, Alabama, and it awarded 16 bachelors’s geographic information science degrees in 2019-2020.

UNA also took the #4 spot in our “Best Geographic Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $14,130 for southeast region bachelor’s degree geographic information science students with aid per year to attend UNA.

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#2

Western Kentucky University

Bowling Green, Kentucky
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western Kentucky University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Geographic Information Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid list. WKU is a fairly large public school situated in Bowling Green, Kentucky. It awarded 2 bachelors’s geographic information science degrees in 2019-2020.

WKU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Geographic Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for WKU is $11,962 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Geographic Information Science students with aid.

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#3

Radford University

Radford, Virginia
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Radford University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Geographic Information Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid list. This fairly large school is located in Radford, Virginia, and it awarded 12 bachelors’s geographic information science degrees in 2019-2020.

Radford did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Geographic Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Radford University is $16,447 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Geographic Information Science students with aid.

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#4

Kennesaw State University

Kennesaw, Georgia
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Kennesaw State University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Geographic Information Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid list. Kennesaw, Georgia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s geographic information science degrees to 13 students in 2019-2020.

KSU Georgia not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Geographic Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $17,221 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Geographic Information Science students with aid per year to attend KSU Georgia.

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#5

Eastern Kentucky University

Richmond, Kentucky
#6 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Geographic Information Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Eastern Kentucky University landed the #5 spot on the list. Eastern Kentucky University is a fairly large public school situated in Richmond, Kentucky. It awarded 13 bachelors’s geographic information science degrees in 2019-2020.

Eastern also took the #6 spot in our “Best Geographic Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Eastern is $14,149 for southeast region bachelor’s degree geographic information science students with aid.

Read more about Geographic Information Science at Eastern Kentucky University

#6

Troy University

Troy, Alabama
#7 in overall quality

Troy University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Geographic Information Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid ranking. Troy University is a fairly large public school situated in Troy, Alabama. It awarded 1 bachelors’s geographic information science degrees in 2019-2020.

TROY also took the #7 spot in our “Best Geographic Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for TROY is $14,285 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Geographic Information Science students with aid.

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#7

Auburn University

Auburn, Alabama
#1 in overall quality

With a ranking of #7, Auburn University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Geographic Information Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Auburn, Alabama, this large public school awarded 7 degrees to qualified bachelors’s geographic information science students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree geographic information science students with aid list, Auburn has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Geographic Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $24,104 for southeast region bachelor’s degree geographic information science students with aid per year to attend Auburn University.

The low student loan default rate of 2.9% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%.

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Notes and References

References

  • 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 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).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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