2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Geography & Cartography in Pennsylvania

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Geography Schools for a Doctorate in Pennsylvania” 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 Pennsylvania, there were 314 geography and cartography graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,092 and $25,414 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 5 geography and cartography graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 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.

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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Geography Schools for a Doctorate in Pennsylvania” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Geography Schools for a Doctorate in Pennsylvania

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Geography Schools for a Doctorate in Pennsylvania.

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

#1

Pennsylvania State University - University Park

University Park, Pennsylvania

#1 in overall quality

$38,728 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Pennsylvania State University - University Park. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Geography Schools for a Doctorate in Pennsylvania.

Penn State University Park also made our “Best Geography & Cartography Doctor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list, coming in at #1. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Penn State University Park are $38,728.

Read full report on Geography & Cartography at Penn State University Park

#1

Temple University

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

#1 in overall quality

$24,236 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Geography Schools for a Doctorate in Pennsylvania that were part of this year’s ranking, Temple University landed the #1 spot on the list. Temple is a large school located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania that handed out 5 doctorate’s geography degrees in 2019-2020.

Temple did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Geography & Cartography Doctor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Temple University are $24,236, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Temple University Geography & Cartography Report

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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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