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2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Geography & Cartography (Income $75-$110k) in Kentucky

1 Ranked Colleges
3 Degrees Awarded
$33,200 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Geography Schools for a Doctorate in Kentucky For Those Making $75-$110k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Geography Schools for a Doctorate in Kentucky For Those Making $75-$110k” 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 Kentucky, there were 136 geography and cartography graduates with average earnings and debt of $27,500 and $25,139 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 3 geography and cartography graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,800 and $117,458 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent geography and cartography programs, but they also 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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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 Value Geography Schools for a Doctorate in Kentucky For Those Making $75-$110k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Geography Schools for a Doctorate in Kentucky For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Geography Schools for a Doctorate in Kentucky For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Geography & Cartography (Income $75-$110k) in Kentucky

#1

University of Kentucky

Lexington, Kentucky
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Kentucky. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Geography Schools for a Doctorate in Kentucky For Those Making $75-$110k list. Lexington, Kentucky is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s geography degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

UK did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Geography & Cartography Doctor’s Degree Schools in Kentucky” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UK are $33,216.

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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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