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2022 Best Value Geography Schools for a Doctorate in Maryland

1 Ranked Colleges
2 Degrees Awarded
$21,100 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Geography Schools for a Doctorate in Maryland

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Doctorate in Maryland” 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 Maryland, there were 116 geography graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 2 geography graduates with average earnings and debt of $76,340 and $104,765 respectively.

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

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the geography program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Geography Schools for a Doctorate in Maryland” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Geography Schools for a Doctorate in Maryland

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

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

#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Maryland - Baltimore County. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Geography Schools for a Doctorate in Maryland. University of Maryland - Baltimore County is a fairly large public school situated in Baltimore, Maryland. It awarded 2 doctorate’s geography degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our maryland doctor’s degree geography students list, UMBC has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Geography Doctor’s Degree Schools in Maryland” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UMBC are $21,078, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Geography at UMBC

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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