2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Geographic Information Science Major in Texas

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 Doctorate Highly Focused on Geographic Information Science Major in Texas” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2020-2021, 3,231 people earned their degree in geographic information science, making the major the 333rd most popular in the United States.

Across Texas, there were 310 geographic information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 6 geographic information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $77,315 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Geographic Information Science Major in Texas” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in geographic information science. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in geographic information science.

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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Geographic Information Science Major in Texas

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

Top 2 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Geographic Information Science in Texas

1

Texas State University
San Marcos, Texas

#15 overall quality in Texas

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Geographic Information Science Major in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Texas State University is a public institution located in San Marcos, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 4 doctorate’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Texas State University Geographic Information Science Report

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The University of Texas at Dallas
Richardson, Texas

#7 overall quality in Texas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at Dallas. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Geographic Information Science Major in Texas list. UT Dallas is a large school located in Richardson, Texas that handed out 2 doctorate’s geographic information science degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Read full report on Geographic Information Science at The University of Texas at Dallas

• Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Geographic Information Science in the Southwest Region
• Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Geographic Information Science

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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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