2023 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Geography in the New England Region

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In 2020-2021, 4,954 people earned their degree in geography, making the major the 159th most popular in the United States.

Across the New England region, there were 248 geography graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 14 geography graduates with average earnings and debt of $78,293 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Geography Major in the New England Region” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in geography. That schools that top this list have a program in geography in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Geography Major in the New England Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region doctor’s degree geography students.

Top 3 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Geography in the New England Region

1

Clark University
Worcester, Massachusetts

Top 25% overall quality in New England

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Geography Major in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Clark University landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in Worcester, Massachusetts, and it awarded 11 doctorate’s geography degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.7% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

Read full report on Geography at Clark

2

University of Connecticut
Storrs, Connecticut

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Geography Major in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Connecticut landed the #2 spot on the list. UCONN is a public institution located in Storrs, Connecticut. The school has a large population, and it awarded 3 doctorate’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read more about Geography at UCONN

3

Boston University
Boston, Massachusetts

#10 overall quality in New England

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Geography Major in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Boston University landed the #3 spot on the list. This large school is located in Boston, Massachusetts, and it awarded 0 doctorate’s geography degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%.

Read full report on Geography at Boston University

• Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Geography

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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.

Credits

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