2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Geography & Cartography in Oregon

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 Master’s in Oregon” ranking as one item you can use to help make this 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 Oregon, there were 255 geography and cartography graduates with average earnings and debt of $28,850 and $26,795 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 18 geography and cartography graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Geography Schools for a Master’s in Oregon” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in geography and cartography. 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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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 Master’s in Oregon” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Geography Schools for a Master’s in Oregon

The colleges and universities below are the best for oregon master’s degree geography students.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Geography & Cartography in Oregon

#1

Oregon State University

Corvallis, Oregon

#1 in overall quality

$28,121 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Oregon State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Geography Schools for a Master’s in Oregon list. Located in Corvallis, Oregon, this large public school awarded 5 degrees to qualified masters’s geography students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Oregon State, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Geography & Cartography Master’s Degree Schools in Oregon” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Oregon State University are $28,121, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Geography & Cartography at Oregon State University

#2

Portland State University

Portland, Oregon

#2 in overall quality

$23,784 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$57,318 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Portland State University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Geography Schools for a Master’s in Oregon list. Portland State University is a large school located in Portland, Oregon that handed out 9 masters’s geography degrees in 2019-2020.

Portland State University also took the #2 spot in our “Best Geography & Cartography Master’s Degree Schools in Oregon” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Portland State University are $23,784, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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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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