2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Geographic Information Science in the Great Lakes Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Geographic Information Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Geographic Information Science is the 357th most popular major in the country with 3,098 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 410 geographic information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 2 geographic information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,428 and $121,375 respectively.

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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Geographic Information Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Geographic Information Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region doctor’s degree geographic information science students.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Geographic Information Science in the Great Lakes Region

#1

University of Cincinnati - Main Campus

Cincinnati, Ohio

#1 in overall quality

$26,644 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Geographic Information Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Cincinnati - Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. Cincinnati, Ohio is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s geographic information science degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

UC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Geographic Information Science Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Cincinnati - Main Campus are $26,644.

Read more about Geographic Information Science at University of Cincinnati - Main Campus

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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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