2024 Best Geography & Cartography Doctor's Degree Schools in Wisconsin

a doctor's degree in geography & cartography is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #75 out of 306 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Wisconsin to determine which ones were the best for geography & cartography students pursuing a doctor's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 8 doctor's degrees in geography & cartography to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Early-Career Earnings

One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of doctorate graduates during the early years of their career. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their doctor's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on geography & cartography students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of geography & cartography students who choose to seek a doctor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How much debt geography & cartography students go into to obtain their doctor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized geography & cartography related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for geography & cartography students working on their doctor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Geography & Cartography Schools

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 Geography & Cartography Doctor's Degree Schools in Wisconsin list to help you make the college decision.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Geography & Cartography in Wisconsin

Learn about the top ranked colleges and universities for geography & cartography students seeking a a doctor's degree.

Top Wisconsin Schools for a Doctorate in Geography

1

University of Wisconsin - Madison
Madison, WI

7 Annual Graduates

University of Wisconsin - Madison is one of the best schools in the country for getting a doctor's degree in geography & cartography. UW - Madison is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Madison.More information about a doctorate in geography & cartography from University of Wisconsin - Madison

2

University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
Milwaukee, WI

1 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in a doctor's degree in geography & cartography has to take a look at University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee. UWM is a very large public university located in the city of Milwaukee.More information about a doctorate in geography & cartography from University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee

Best Geography & Cartography Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Geography & Cartography Schools in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Illinois	153	6
Michigan	149	9
Ohio	144	17
Indiana	132	0

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Geography & Cartography Related Rankings by Major

One of 13 majors within the Social Sciences area of study, Geography & Cartography has other similar majors worth exploring.

Geography Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
Geography	8

Most Popular Majors Related to Geography

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Economics	34
Sociology	24
Political Science & Government	11
Anthropology	7

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Couleur. More about our data sources and methodologies.