2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Geography Major in Idaho

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Idaho” 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 Idaho, there were 65 geography and cartography graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,965 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 2 geography and cartography graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,135 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Geography Major in Idaho” ranking, we looked at 2 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.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Geography Major in Idaho

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

Top 2 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Geography & Cartography in Idaho

1

University of Idaho
Moscow, Idaho

#3 overall quality in Idaho

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Idaho. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Geography Major in Idaho list. University of Idaho is a fairly large school located in Moscow, Idaho that handed out 2 masters’s geography degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.1% 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%.

Read more about Geography & Cartography at U of I

2

Idaho State University
Pocatello, Idaho

#6 overall quality in Idaho

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Geography Major in Idaho that were part of this year’s ranking, Idaho State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Idaho State University is a fairly large public school situated in Pocatello, Idaho. It awarded 1 masters’s geography degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Geography & Cartography at Idaho State University

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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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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