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It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Most Well Attended Geographic Information Science Major for a Doctorate” 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.
At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 39 geographic information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,260 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Geographic Information Science Major for a Doctorate” ranking analyzed 8 colleges that offered a degree in geographic information science. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in geographic information science.
Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for doctor’s degree geographic information science students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Maryland - College Park. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Geographic Information Science Major for a Doctorate. College Park, Maryland is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s geographic information science degrees to 15 students in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 95%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Geographic Information Science at UMCP
Out of the 8 schools in the Most Well Attended Geographic Information Science Major for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - Davis landed the #2 spot on the list. This large school is located in Davis, California, and it awarded 7 doctorate’s geographic information science degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.5% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read full report on Geographic Information Science at University of California - Davis
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas State University. The school came in at #3 for the Most Well Attended Geographic Information Science Major for a Doctorate. San Marcos, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s geographic information science degrees to 4 students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Geographic Information Science at Texas State University
Out of the 8 schools in the Most Well Attended Geographic Information Science Major for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Cincinnati - Main Campus landed the #3 spot on the list. Cincinnati, Ohio is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s geographic information science degrees to 4 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 88%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.7% 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%.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Utah. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Geographic Information Science Major for a Doctorate list. Located in Salt Lake City, Utah, this large public school handed out 4 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s geographic information science students in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Geographic Information Science at University of Utah
The University of Texas at Dallas came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Geographic Information Science Major for a Doctorate ranking. Located in Richardson, Texas, this large public school awarded 2 degrees to qualified doctorate’s geographic information science students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Full The University of Texas at Dallas Geographic Information Science Report
University of Toledo did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Geographic Information Science Major for a Doctorate ranking, coming in at #6. University of Toledo is located in Toledo, Ohio and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 2 doctorate’s geographic information science degrees to qualified students.
Read more about Geographic Information Science at University of Toledo
University of Iowa came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Geographic Information Science Major for a Doctorate ranking. Located in Iowa City, Iowa, this large public school handed out 1 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s geographic information science students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.2% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 88%.
Full University of Iowa 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%.
Read more about our data sources and methodologies
- *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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