by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Master’s Highly Focused on Geography Major in Tennessee” 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 Tennessee, there were 45 geography and cartography graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,789 and $22,250 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 6 geography and cartography graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,060 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Geography Major in Tennessee” 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.
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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 Master’s Highly Focused on Geography Major in Tennessee”.
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 following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Geography Major in Tennessee”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Tennessee State University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Geography Major in Tennessee. Nashville, Tennessee is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s geography degrees to 1 students in 2020-2021.
Read more about Geography & Cartography at Tennessee State University
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Geography Major in Tennessee that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Tennessee - Knoxville landed the #2 spot on the list. The University of Tennessee - Knoxville is a large school located in Knoxville, Tennessee that handed out 5 masters’s geography degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Christian Brothers University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Geography Major in Tennessee list. This small school is located in Memphis, Tennessee, and it awarded 0 masters’s geography degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Geography & Cartography at Christian Brothers
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