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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 Highly Focused on Geographic Information Science Major in Maryland” 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 Maryland, there were 116 geographic information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools Highly Focused on Geographic Information Science Major in Maryland” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in geographic information science. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their geographic information science program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools Highly Focused on Geographic Information Science Major in Maryland”.
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Geographic Information Science Major in Maryland that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Maryland - College Park landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Maryland - College Park is a large school located in College Park, Maryland that handed out 99 ’s geographic information science degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 95%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Geographic Information Science at University of Maryland - College Park
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Johns Hopkins University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools Highly Focused on Geographic Information Science Major in Maryland. Johns Hopkins University is located in Baltimore, Maryland and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 11 ’s geographic information science degrees to qualified students.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.3%, 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 97%.
Full Johns Hopkins Geographic Information Science Report
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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%.
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- *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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