by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Geography Major in the New England Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
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 the New England region, there were 412 geography and cartography graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,117 and $25,813 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 83 geography and cartography graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,899 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Geography Major in the New England Region” ranking analyzed 7 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 following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Geography Major in the New England Region”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Unity College. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Geography Major in the New England Region. This small school is located in Unity, Maine, and it awarded 17 masters’s geography degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Clark University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Geography Major in the New England Region list. Clark University is a small school located in Worcester, Massachusetts that handed out 40 masters’s geography degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%.
Read full report on Geography & Cartography at Clark University
Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Geography Major in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Salem State University landed the #3 spot on the list. Salem, Massachusetts is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s geography degrees to 7 students in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Central Connecticut State University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Geography Major in the New England Region. This medium-sized school is located in New Britain, Connecticut, and it awarded 7 masters’s geography degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Geography & Cartography at Central Connecticut State University
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Massachusetts Amherst. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Geography Major in the New England Region. University of Massachusetts Amherst is a public institution located in Amherst, Massachusetts. The school has a large population, and it awarded 11 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.9% 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 Massachusetts Amherst
University of Connecticut came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Geography Major in the New England Region ranking. UCONN is a large school located in Storrs, Connecticut that handed out 1 masters’s geography degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read full report on Geography & Cartography at University of Connecticut
Boston University ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Geography Major in the New England Region list. Located in Boston, Massachusetts, this large private not-for-profit school awarded 0 degrees to qualified masters’s geography students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read full report on Geography & Cartography at Boston University
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