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2022 Best Value Geography Schools for a Bachelor’s in Missouri For Those Making $30-$48k

6 Ranked Colleges
79 Degrees Awarded
$11,700 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Geography Schools for a Bachelor's in Missouri For Those Making $30-$48k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Geography Schools for a Bachelor’s in Missouri For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Geography is the 144th most popular major in the country with 5,476 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Missouri, there were 103 geography graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 79 geography graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,837 and $25,380 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Geography Schools for a Bachelor’s in Missouri For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking analyzed 6 colleges that offered a degree in geography. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality geography programs that also have a lower cost than 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Geography Schools for a Bachelor’s in Missouri For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Geography Schools for a Bachelor’s in Missouri For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Geography (Income $30-$48k) in Missouri

#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Missouri - Columbia. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Geography Schools for a Bachelor’s in Missouri For Those Making $30-$48k. University of Missouri - Columbia is a public institution located in Columbia, Missouri. The school has a large population, and it awarded 17 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Mizzou also took the #2 spot in our “Best Geography Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Missouri” ranking. It costs about $11,595 for Missouri Bachelor’s Degree Geography students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Mizzou.

The low student loan default rate of 3.6% 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 89%.

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#2

Park University

Parkville, Missouri
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Geography Schools for a Bachelor’s in Missouri For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Park University landed the #2 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Parkville, Missouri, and it awarded 33 bachelors’s geography degrees in 2019-2020.

Park University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Geography Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Missouri” list. The estimated yearly cost for Park University is $14,034 for missouri bachelor’s degree geography students whose families make $30-$48k.

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#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northwest Missouri State University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Geography Schools for a Bachelor’s in Missouri For Those Making $30-$48k list. Maryville, Missouri is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s geography degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Northwest, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Geography Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Missouri” ranking. It costs about $9,863 for missouri bachelor’s degree geography students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Northwest.

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#6 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Missouri Southern State University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Geography Schools for a Bachelor’s in Missouri For Those Making $30-$48k list. This medium-sized school is located in Joplin, Missouri, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s geography degrees in 2019-2020.

Missouri Southern did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Geography Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Missouri” list. It costs about $8,416 for Missouri Bachelor’s Degree Geography students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Missouri Southern State University.

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#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Missouri State University - Springfield. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Geography Schools for a Bachelor’s in Missouri For Those Making $30-$48k. Missouri State University - Springfield is a large public school situated in Springfield, Missouri. It awarded 20 bachelors’s geography degrees in 2019-2020.

Missouri State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Geography Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Missouri” list. The yearly cost to attend Missouri State is $13,488 for Missouri Bachelor’s Degree Geography students whose families make $30-$48k.

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#3 in overall quality

With a ranking of #6, University of Missouri - Kansas City did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Geography Schools for a Bachelor’s in Missouri For Those Making $30-$48k list. University of Missouri - Kansas City is a fairly large school located in Kansas City, Missouri that handed out 5 bachelors’s geography degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UMKC, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Geography Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Missouri” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of Missouri - Kansas City is $12,553 for missouri bachelor’s degree geography students whose families make $30-$48k.

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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

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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