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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 Colorado” 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 Colorado, there were 161 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 Colorado” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Schools Highly Focused on Geographic Information Science Major in Colorado” list to help you make the college decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for colorado geographic information science students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Denver. The school came in at #1 for the Schools Highly Focused on Geographic Information Science Major in Colorado. Denver, Colorado is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out ’s geographic information science degrees to 65 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Geographic Information Science at University of Denver
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Geographic Information Science Major in Colorado list. This large school is located in Denver, Colorado, and it awarded 13 ’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%.
Read more about Geographic Information Science at CU Anschutz
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Geographic Information Science Major in Colorado that were part of this year’s ranking, Metropolitan State University of Denver landed the #3 spot on the list. Metropolitan State University of Denver is located in Denver, Colorado and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 5 ’s geographic information science degrees to qualified students.
Full MSU Denver Geographic Information Science Report
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Geographic Information Science Major in Colorado that were part of this year’s ranking, Front Range Community College landed the #4 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Westminster, Colorado, and it awarded 46 ’s geographic information science degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Geographic Information Science at FRCC
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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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