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2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Geography & Cartography in Kentucky (With Aid)

1 Ranked Colleges
3 Degrees Awarded
$33,200 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Geography Schools for a Doctorate in Kentucky For Those Getting Aid

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Geography Schools for a Doctorate in Kentucky For Those Getting Aid” ranking.

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.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality geography and cartography programs that also have a lower cost than 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Geography Schools for a Doctorate in Kentucky For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Geography Schools for a Doctorate in Kentucky For Those Getting Aid.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Geography & Cartography in Kentucky (With Aid)

#1

University of Kentucky

Lexington, Kentucky
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Kentucky. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Geography Schools for a Doctorate in Kentucky For Those Getting Aid. University of Kentucky is a large school located in Lexington, Kentucky that handed out 3 doctorate’s geography degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UK, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Geography & Cartography Doctor’s Degree Schools in Kentucky” ranking. 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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