by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Geography Major in Maryland” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Geography & Cartography is the 110th most popular major in the country with 8,526 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, geography and cartography graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $38,604 and had an average of $22,522 in loans still to pay off.
Across Maryland, there were 198 geography and cartography graduates with average earnings and debt of $50,412 and $22,875 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 104 geography and cartography graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,642 and $26,517 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Geography Major in Maryland” ranking analyzed 8 colleges that offered a degree in geography and cartography. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their geography and cartography program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for maryland bachelor’s degree geography students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Salisbury University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Geography Major in Maryland list. Salisbury, Maryland is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s geography degrees to 25 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Geography Major in Maryland that were part of this year’s ranking, Frostburg State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Frostburg State is a small public school situated in Frostburg, Maryland. It awarded 12 bachelors’s geography degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Maryland - College Park. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Geography Major in Maryland list. University of Maryland - College Park is located in College Park, Maryland and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 54 bachelors’s geography degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 95%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Towson University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Geography Major in Maryland list. Towson University is located in Towson, Maryland and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 13 bachelors’s geography degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Maryland - Baltimore County. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Geography Major in Maryland list. UMBC is a fairly large school located in Baltimore, Maryland that handed out 15 bachelors’s geography degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.1% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Geography Major in Maryland that were part of this year’s ranking, Johns Hopkins University landed the #5 spot on the list. Johns Hopkins is located in Baltimore, Maryland and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 11 bachelors’s geography degrees to qualified students.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Morgan State University. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Geography Major in Maryland. This medium-sized school is located in Baltimore, Maryland, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s geography degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Geography & Cartography at Morgan State University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Coppin State University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Geography Major in Maryland list. This small school is located in Baltimore, Maryland, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s geography degrees in 2020-2021.
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