2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Geographic Information Science in Colorado

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Geographic Information Science is the 333rd most popular major in the country with 3,231 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across Colorado, there were 161 geographic information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 26 geographic information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,172 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Geographic Information Science Major in Colorado” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree 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 Master’s Highly Focused on Geographic Information Science Major in Colorado

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

Top 2 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Geographic Information Science in Colorado

1

University of Denver
Denver, Colorado

#3 overall quality in Colorado

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Denver. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Geographic Information Science Major in Colorado list. University of Denver is a private not-for-profit institution located in Denver, Colorado. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 13 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.6% 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 full report on Geographic Information Science at DU

2

University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus
Denver, Colorado

#8 overall quality in Colorado

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Geographic Information Science Major in Colorado that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus landed the #2 spot on the list. This large school is located in Denver, Colorado, and it awarded 13 masters’s geographic information science degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full CU Anschutz Geographic Information Science Report

• Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Geographic Information Science in the Rocky Mountains Region
• Most Focused Master’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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