2022 Best Value Geography Schools for a Doctorate in Wisconsin

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Geography Schools for a Doctorate in Wisconsin” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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 Wisconsin, there were 336 geography and cartography graduates with average earnings and debt of $29,425 and $25,205 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 13 geography and cartography graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 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.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the geography and cartography program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Geography Schools for a Doctorate in Wisconsin

The colleges and universities below are the best for wisconsin doctor’s degree geography students.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Geography & Cartography in Wisconsin

#1

University of Wisconsin - Madison

Madison, Wisconsin

#1 in overall quality

$25,523 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Geography Schools for a Doctorate in Wisconsin that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Wisconsin - Madison landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Wisconsin - Madison is located in Madison, Wisconsin and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 11 doctorate’s geography degrees to qualified students.

UW - Madison did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Geography & Cartography Doctor’s Degree Schools in Wisconsin” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Wisconsin - Madison are $25,523, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Geography & Cartography at University of Wisconsin - Madison

#2

University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

#2 in overall quality

$25,295 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Geography Schools for a Doctorate in Wisconsin that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee landed the #2 spot on the list. UWM is located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 2 doctorate’s geography degrees to qualified students.

UWM did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Geography & Cartography Doctor’s Degree Schools in Wisconsin” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UWM are $25,295, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Geography & Cartography at University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee

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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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