2024 Best Geographic Information Science Schools in the New England Region
3Colleges in the New England Region
157Geographic 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.
College Factual looked at 3 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Geographic Information Science Schools in the New England Region ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 157 degrees in geographic information science to qualified students.
Choosing a Great Geographic Information Science School
The geographic information science program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Geographic Information Science rankings. We derive our Best Overall Geographic Information Science School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Geographic Information Science Rankings by Degree Level
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 Best Geographic Information Science Schools in the New England Region list to help you make the college decision.
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Best Schools for Geographic Information Science in the New England Region
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 New England Region Schools in Geographic Information Science
University of Connecticut is a wonderful decision for students pursuing a degree in geographic information science. Located in the suburb of Storrs, UCONN is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #86 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UCONN is a great university overall.
There were approximately 14 geographic information science students who graduated with this degree at UCONN in the most recent data year.
Clark University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in geographic information science. Clark is a small private not-for-profit university located in the city of Worcester. This university ranks 23rd out of 63 colleges for overall quality in the state of Massachusetts.
There were approximately 34 geographic information science students who graduated with this degree at Clark in the most recent data year.
Salem State University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in geographic information science. Located in the large suburb of Salem, Salem State is a public university with a medium-sized student population. This university ranks 37th out of 63 schools for overall quality in the state of Massachusetts.
There were about 14 geographic information science students who graduated with this degree at Salem State 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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