2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Geography & Cartography (Income $75-$110k) in the Great Lakes Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Geography Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Geography & Cartography is the 107th most popular major in the country with 8,936 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. 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 the Great Lakes region, there were 1,189 geography and cartography graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,150 and $24,739 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 20 geography and cartography graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,508 and $17,812 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great geography and cartography 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 and cartography program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Geography Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Geography Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Geography & Cartography (Income $75-$110k) in the Great Lakes Region

#1

University of Akron Main Campus

Akron, Ohio

#1 in overall quality

$20,582 Average Net Price

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Geography Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Akron Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Akron, Ohio, and it awarded 3 associates’s geography degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Akron Main Campus did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Geography & Cartography Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. The yearly cost to attend University of Akron Main Campus is $20,582 for Great Lakes Region Associate Degree Geography students whose families make $75-$110k.

Full University of Akron Main Campus Geography & Cartography Report

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Geography & Cartography (Income $75-$110k)

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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