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2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Geography in Illinois

1 Ranked Colleges
10 Degrees Awarded
$30,100 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Geography Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Geography Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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

Across Illinois, there were 182 geography graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 10 geography graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,900 and $148,219 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great geography programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the geography program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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The geography school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Geography Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois”.

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Best Value Geography Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois

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

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Geography in Illinois

#1

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Champaign, Illinois
#1 in overall quality
$30,083 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Geography Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois. Located in Champaign, Illinois, this large public school handed out 10 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s geography students in 2019-2020.

UIUC also made our “Best Geography Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at UIUC are $30,083, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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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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