2023 Most Popular Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Geography in Ohio

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Well Attended Geography Major in Ohio for a Doctorate” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Geography is the 159th most popular major in the country with 4,954 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across Ohio, there were 172 geography graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 11 geography graduates with average earnings and debt of $67,351 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Geography Major in Ohio for a Doctorate” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in geography. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have one of the most popular geography programs in the United States.

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Most Well Attended Geography Major in Ohio for a Doctorate

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

Top 3 Most Popular Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Geography in Ohio

1

Ohio State University - Main Campus
Columbus, Ohio

#2 overall quality in Ohio

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Ohio State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Geography Major in Ohio for a Doctorate. This large school is located in Columbus, Ohio, and it awarded 6 doctorate’s geography degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.6% 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%.

Read more about Geography at Ohio State

2

Kent State University at Kent
Kent, Ohio

#19 overall quality in Ohio

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Kent State University at Kent. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Geography Major in Ohio for a Doctorate. Kent State University at Kent is a large public school situated in Kent, Ohio. It awarded 5 doctorate’s geography degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Geography at Kent State University at Kent

3

University of Toledo
Toledo, Ohio

#18 overall quality in Ohio

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Toledo. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Geography Major in Ohio for a Doctorate list. Toledo, Ohio is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s geography degrees to 13 students in 2020-2021.

Full University of Toledo 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

• *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.

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