2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Geographic Information Science in the Southwest Region

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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 Southwest region, there were 543 geographic information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 28 geographic information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,605 and $16,886 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent geographic information science programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the geographic information science program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Geographic Information Science Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Geographic Information Science Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Geographic Information Science in the Southwest Region

#1

Central New Mexico Community College

Albuquerque, New Mexico

#1 in overall quality

$3,429 Average Net Price

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Geographic Information Science Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Central New Mexico Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. CNM is a large school located in Albuquerque, New Mexico that handed out 6 associates’s geographic information science degrees in 2019-2020.

CNM also made our “Best Geographic Information Science Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #1. The yearly cost to attend Central New Mexico Community College is $3,429 for southwest region associate degree geographic information science students.

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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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