2022 Best Value Other Geography Schools for a Doctorate

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Other Geography Schools for a Doctorate” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 362 people earned their degree in geography, making the major the 760th most popular in the United States.

At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 7 geography graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,680 and $116,043 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent geography programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the geography program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Other Geography Schools for a Doctorate

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Other Geography Schools for a Doctorate.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Other Geography

#1

Temple University

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

#1 in overall quality

$24,236 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Other Geography Schools for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, Temple University landed the #1 spot on the list. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s geography degrees to 5 students in 2019-2020.

Temple did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Other Geography Doctor’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Temple University are $24,236, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Other Geography at Temple University

#1

University of South Florida - Main Campus

Tampa, Florida

#1 in overall quality

$21,126 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of South Florida - Main Campus. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Other Geography Schools for a Doctorate. University of South Florida - Main Campus is located in Tampa, Florida and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 2 doctorate’s geography degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at USF Tampa, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Other Geography Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at USF Tampa are $21,126, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Other Geography at University of South Florida - Main Campus

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

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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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