by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Geography Major in Maine” ranking - to help you make that decision.
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 Maine, there were 33 geography and cartography graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 3 geography and cartography graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,463 and $30,985 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Geography Major in Maine” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer 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.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
The geography school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Geography Major in Maine”.
We’ve created a tool called College Combat that lets you create your own customized comparisons based on the factors that matter the most to you. If you’re torn between two schools, you can use it to help you see how they stack up against one another. Bookmark it so you can compare any new schools that might interest you.
The colleges and universities below are the best for maine bachelor’s degree geography students.
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Geography Major in Maine that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Maine at Farmington landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in Farmington, Maine, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s geography degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Geography & Cartography at University of Maine at Farmington
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Southern Maine. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Geography Major in Maine. University of Southern Maine is located in Portland, Maine and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 bachelors’s geography degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full University of Southern Maine Geography & Cartography Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Unity College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Geography Major in Maine list. Unity College is a small school located in Unity, Maine that handed out 20 bachelors’s geography degrees in 2020-2021.
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