2022 Most Popular Doctor's Degree Colleges for Geography & Cartography in Illinois

For its 2022 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in Illinois to determine which ones were the most popular for geography and cartography students pursuing a doctor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 10 doctor's degrees in geography and cartography during the 2019-2020 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Geography & Cartography School for Your Doctor's Degree

A high popularity ranking isn't always a sign that a school has a great overall quality ranking for geography and cartography, but it does mean that many students are choosing the school for some reason. Sometimes this is because the school offers a great educational experience, it is a good value, or it is highly focused on the program.

One Size Does Not Fit All

We have also developed a number of other rankings to help guide you in your decision-making process. To begin with, if this is not the degree level you are most interested in, you may want to check out one of the others noted above. If you would prefer to limit your search to a specific state or region of the county, see our rankings by location. On top of that, you can visit our other rankings for geography and cartography.

Most Popular Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Geography & Cartography in Illinois

The following list ranks the most popular colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in geography and cartography.

Most Well Attended Schools for Geography Students Working on Their Doctorate

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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Champaign, IL

10 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#1 Best Quality In IL

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

Every student who is interested in a doctor's degree in geography and cartography has to take a look at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Located in the city of Champaign, UIUC is a public university with a fairly large student population. This isn't the only ranking where the school placed. It's also #1 in quality for doctor's degrees in geography and cartography in Illinois.

There were about 10 geography and cartography individuals who graduated with this degree at UIUC in the most recent data year.

More information about a doctorate in geography and cartography from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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Northern Illinois University
Dekalb, IL

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

Northern Illinois University is one of the most popular schools in the United States for getting a doctor's degree in geography and cartography. NIU is a fairly large public university located in the small suburb of Dekalb. More information about a doctorate in geography and cartography from Northern Illinois University

2

Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Carbondale, IL

Any student who is interested in a doctor's degree in geography and cartography has to take a look at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. Located in the city of Carbondale, SIUC is a public university with a large student population. More information about a doctorate in geography and cartography from Southern Illinois University Carbondale

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Rankings in Majors Related to Geography

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Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Couleur. More about our data sources and methodologies.