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. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Geography Major in Pennsylvania” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 8,526 people earned their degree in geography and cartography, making the major the 110th most popular in the United States. 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 Pennsylvania, there were 678 geography and cartography graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,187 and $26,134 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 103 geography and cartography graduates with average earnings and debt of $64,136 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Geography Major in Pennsylvania” ranking analyzed 5 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 pennsylvania master’s degree geography students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Indiana University of Pennsylvania - Main Campus. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Geography Major in Pennsylvania. Indiana, Pennsylvania is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s geography degrees to 5 students in 2020-2021.
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Geography Major in Pennsylvania that were part of this year’s ranking, Temple University landed the #2 spot on the list. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s geography degrees to 17 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Pennsylvania. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Geography Major in Pennsylvania list. Located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, this large private not-for-profit school handed out 13 degrees to qualified masters’s geography students in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 95%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.9% 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%.
Read more about Geography & Cartography at University of Pennsylvania
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Geography Major in Pennsylvania that were part of this year’s ranking, West Chester University of Pennsylvania landed the #4 spot on the list. WCUPA is a fairly large school located in West Chester, Pennsylvania that handed out 6 masters’s geography degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Geography & Cartography at West Chester University of Pennsylvania
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Geography Major in Pennsylvania that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus landed the #5 spot on the list. This large school is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 2 masters’s geography degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Full University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus Geography & Cartography Report
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