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

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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 Alabama, there were 56 geographic information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 8 geographic information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,476 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Geographic Information Science Major in Alabama” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer 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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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Geographic Information Science Major in Alabama

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Geographic Information Science Major in Alabama”.

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

1

Auburn University at Montgomery
Montgomery, Alabama

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Auburn University at Montgomery. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Geographic Information Science Major in Alabama list. Located in Montgomery, Alabama, this medium-sized public school handed out 6 diplomas to qualified masters’s geographic information science students in 2020-2021.

Full AUM Geographic Information Science Report

2

University of North Alabama
Florence, Alabama

#9 overall quality in Alabama

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of North Alabama. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Geographic Information Science Major in Alabama. This medium-sized school is located in Florence, Alabama, and it awarded 2 masters’s geographic information science degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Geographic Information Science at University of North Alabama

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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

• *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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