2024 Best Geographic Information Science Schools in Illinois
2Colleges in Illinois
52Geographic Information Science Degrees Awarded
A degree in geographic information science is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #333 out of 1506 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Illinois to determine which ones were the best for geographic information science students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 52 degrees in geographic information science to qualified students.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Geographic Information Science Schools in Illinois ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Best Schools for Geographic Information Science in Illinois
The schools below may not offer all types of geographic information science degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Top Illinois Schools in Geographic Information Science
It's difficult to beat University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign if you wish to pursue a degree in geographic information science. Located in the small city of Champaign, UIUC is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #34 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UIUC is a great university overall.
There were about 32 geographic information science students who graduated with this degree at UIUC in the most recent year we have data available.
Western Illinois University is a wonderful choice for students interested in a degree in geographic information science. WIU is a medium-sized public university located in the town of Macomb. This university ranks 39th out of 85 colleges for overall quality in the state of Illinois.
There were roughly 9 geographic information science students who graduated with this degree at WIU in the most recent data year.
It's difficult to beat Eastern Illinois University if you wish to pursue a degree in geographic information science. EIU is a moderately-sized public university located in the distant town of Charleston. This university ranks 51st out of 85 schools for overall quality in the state of Illinois.
There were approximately 9 geographic information science students who graduated with this degree at EIU in the most recent data year.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).
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