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2022 Best Value Geography Schools for a Bachelor’s in Colorado For Those Making $30-$48k

7 Ranked Colleges
249 Degrees Awarded
$13,900 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Geography Schools for a Bachelor's in Colorado For Those Making $30-$48k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Geography Schools for a Bachelor’s in Colorado For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 8,936 people earned their degree in geography and cartography, making the major the 107th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, geography and cartography graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $36,126 and had an average of $23,577 in loans still to pay off.

Across Colorado, there were 435 geography and cartography graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,150 and $25,996 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 249 geography and cartography graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,261 and $25,672 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Geography Schools for a Bachelor’s in Colorado For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking looked at 7 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in geography and cartography. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great geography and cartography programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the geography and cartography program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Geography Schools for a Bachelor’s in Colorado For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Geography Schools for a Bachelor’s in Colorado For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 7 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Geography & Cartography (Income $30-$48k) in Colorado

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Geography Schools for a Bachelor’s in Colorado For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Colorado Boulder landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Colorado Boulder is a large school located in Boulder, Colorado that handed out 60 bachelors’s geography degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our colorado bachelor’s degree geography students whose families make $30-$48k list, CU - Boulder has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Geography & Cartography Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Colorado” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for CU - Boulder is $14,361 for colorado bachelor’s degree geography students whose families make $30-$48k.

The low student loan default rate of 3.0% 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 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Geography & Cartography at CU - Boulder

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Geography Schools for a Bachelor’s in Colorado For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus landed the #2 spot on the list. Denver, Colorado is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s geography degrees to 36 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our colorado bachelor’s degree geography students whose families make $30-$48k list, CU Anschutz has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Geography & Cartography Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Colorado” ranking. The yearly cost to attend CU Anschutz is $12,503 for Colorado Bachelor’s Degree Geography students whose families make $30-$48k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 3.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Geography & Cartography at University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus

#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Colorado State University - Fort Collins. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Geography Schools for a Bachelor’s in Colorado For Those Making $30-$48k. Colorado State is a public institution located in Fort Collins, Colorado. The school has a large population, and it awarded 11 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our colorado bachelor’s degree geography students whose families make $30-$48k list, Colorado State has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Geography & Cartography Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Colorado” ranking. It costs about $11,890 for colorado bachelor’s degree geography students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Colorado State University - Fort Collins.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The student loan default rate at the school is 3.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Geography & Cartography at Colorado State University - Fort Collins

#4

University of Colorado at Colorado Springs

Colorado Springs, Colorado

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Geography Schools for a Bachelor’s in Colorado For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs landed the #4 spot on the list. University of Colorado at Colorado Springs is a public institution located in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 52 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UCCS also made our “Best Geography & Cartography Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Colorado” list, coming in at #6. It costs about $12,643 for Colorado Bachelor’s Degree Geography students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend UCCS.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Geography & Cartography at University of Colorado at Colorado Springs

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Geography Schools for a Bachelor’s in Colorado For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Northern Colorado landed the #5 spot on the list. University of Northern Colorado is a public institution located in Greeley, Colorado. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 16 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Northern Colorado also made our “Best Geography & Cartography Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Colorado” list, coming in at #5. The estimated yearly cost for University of Northern Colorado is $12,736 for colorado bachelor’s degree geography students whose families make $30-$48k.

Read full report on Geography & Cartography at University of Northern Colorado

#7 in overall quality

Metropolitan State University of Denver landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Geography Schools for a Bachelor’s in Colorado For Those Making $30-$48k ranking. MSU Denver is a public institution located in Denver, Colorado. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 19 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

MSU Denver not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #7 on our “Best Geography & Cartography Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Colorado” list. It costs about $12,219 for Colorado Bachelor’s Degree Geography students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Metropolitan State University of Denver.

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#7

University of Denver

Denver, Colorado

University of Denver landed the #7 spot on the 2022 Best Value Geography Schools for a Bachelor’s in Colorado For Those Making $30-$48k ranking. Located in Denver, Colorado, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 22 degrees to qualified bachelors’s geography students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at DU, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Geography & Cartography Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Colorado” ranking. It costs about $20,735 for Colorado Bachelor’s Degree Geography students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend DU.

The low student loan default rate of 1.9% 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 & Cartography at DU

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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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