2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Geography in Nevada

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Geography Schools for a Master’s in Nevada” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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

Across Nevada, there were 27 geography graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 5 geography graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,581 and $45,224 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great geography programs and 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Geography Schools for a Master’s in Nevada” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Geography Schools for a Master’s in Nevada

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Geography Schools for a Master’s in Nevada.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Geography in Nevada

#1

University of Nevada - Reno

Reno, Nevada

#1 in overall quality

$21,971 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Nevada - Reno. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Geography Schools for a Master’s in Nevada list. UNR is a large public school situated in Reno, Nevada. It awarded 5 masters’s geography degrees in 2019-2020.

UNR also took the #1 spot in our “Best Geography Master’s Degree Schools in Nevada” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UNR are $21,971, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full UNR Geography Report

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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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