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When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Geographic Information Science Major in the New England Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Geographic Information Science is the 333rd most popular major in the country with 3,231 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the New England region, there were 157 geographic information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 11 geographic information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,403 and $25,944 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Geographic Information Science Major in the New England Region” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in geographic information science. That schools that top this list have a program in geographic information science in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region bachelor’s degree geographic information science students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Salem State University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Geographic Information Science Major in the New England Region. Salem State is located in Salem, Massachusetts and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 5 bachelors’s geographic information science degrees to qualified students.
Full Salem State University Geographic Information Science Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend American Sentinel University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Geographic Information Science Major in the New England Region. Located in Aurora, Colorado, this small private for-profit school handed out 1 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s geographic information science students in 2020-2021.
Read more about Geographic Information Science at American Sentinel University
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Geographic Information Science Major in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Connecticut landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Storrs, Connecticut, this large public school handed out 5 degrees to qualified bachelors’s geographic information science students in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full University of Connecticut Geographic Information Science Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Southern Maine. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Geographic Information Science Major in the New England Region. Portland, Maine is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s geographic information science degrees to 1 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.2% 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%.
Read more about Geographic Information Science at University of Southern Maine
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Geographic Information Science Major in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Unity College landed the #5 spot on the list. This small school is located in Unity, Maine, and it awarded 20 bachelors’s geographic information science degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Geographic Information Science at Unity
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