2022 Best Value Geography Schools for a Doctorate in Colorado

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Colorado” 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 Colorado, there were 435 geography and cartography graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,150 and $25,996 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 15 geography and cartography graduates with average earnings and debt of $77,513 and $111,874 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality geography and cartography programs that also have a lower cost than 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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Best Value Geography Schools for a Doctorate in Colorado

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

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

#1

University of Colorado Boulder

Boulder, Colorado

#1 in overall quality

$32,980 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Geography Schools for a Doctorate in Colorado that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Colorado Boulder landed the #1 spot on the list. CU - Boulder is a large public school situated in Boulder, Colorado. It awarded 12 doctorate’s geography degrees in 2019-2020.

CU - Boulder not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Geography & Cartography Doctor’s Degree Schools in Colorado” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at CU - Boulder are $32,980.

Full University of Colorado Boulder Geography & Cartography Report

#2

University of Denver

Denver, Colorado

#1 in overall quality

$52,899 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Geography Schools for a Doctorate in Colorado that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Denver landed the #2 spot on the list. DU is a fairly large school located in Denver, Colorado that handed out 3 doctorate’s geography degrees in 2019-2020.

DU also made our “Best Geography & Cartography Doctor’s Degree Schools in Colorado” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Denver are $52,899, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Geography & Cartography at DU

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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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