2022 Best Value Geography Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Geography Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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

Across the New England region, there were 253 geography graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 23 geography graduates with average earnings and debt of $73,889 and $109,372 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Geography Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in geography. 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Geography Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region

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

Top 3 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Geography in the New England Region

#1

University of Connecticut

Storrs, Connecticut

#2 in overall quality

$41,576 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Geography Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Connecticut landed the #1 spot on the list. UCONN is a large public school situated in Storrs, Connecticut. It awarded 6 doctorate’s geography degrees in 2019-2020.

UCONN did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Geography Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Connecticut are $41,576, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Geography at UCONN

#2

Clark University

Worcester, Massachusetts

#1 in overall quality

$47,730 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Geography Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Clark University landed the #2 spot on the list. Worcester, Massachusetts is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s geography degrees to 15 students in 2019-2020.

Clark did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Geography Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Clark are $47,730, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Clark Geography Report

#3

Boston University

Boston, Massachusetts

#3 in overall quality

$57,666 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Boston University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Geography Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region. This large school is located in Boston, Massachusetts, and it awarded 2 doctorate’s geography degrees in 2019-2020.

Boston U not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Geography Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Boston University are $57,666.

Read full report on Geography at Boston University

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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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