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

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Geographic Information Science Major in Virginia” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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 Virginia, there were 49 geographic information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 14 geographic information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,799 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Geographic Information Science Major in Virginia” 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.

For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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The geographic information science school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Geographic Information Science Major in Virginia”.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Geographic Information Science Major in Virginia

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

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

1

University of Mary Washington
Fredericksburg, Virginia

#18 overall quality in Virginia

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Geographic Information Science Major in Virginia that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Mary Washington landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Fredericksburg, Virginia, this small public school handed out 13 diplomas to qualified masters’s geographic information science students in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Geographic Information Science at University of Mary Washington

2

George Mason University
Fairfax, Virginia

#5 overall quality in Virginia

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend George Mason University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Geographic Information Science Major in Virginia list. George Mason University is a large public school situated in Fairfax, Virginia. It awarded 1 masters’s geographic information science degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.

Read more about Geographic Information Science at George Mason University

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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.

Credits

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