by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Well Attended Geography Major in Missouri for a Master’s” ranking - to help you make that decision.
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 Missouri, there were 159 geography and cartography graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,577 and $22,332 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 11 geography and cartography graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,301 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Geography Major in Missouri for a Master’s” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in geography and cartography. To top this list, a school must have a successful geography and cartography program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.
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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Most Well Attended Geography Major in Missouri for a Master’s” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Geography Major in Missouri for a Master’s”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northwest Missouri State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Geography Major in Missouri for a Master’s list. Maryville, Missouri is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s geography degrees to 8 students in 2020-2021.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Saint Louis University. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Geography Major in Missouri for a Master’s. Located in Saint Louis, Missouri, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 2 diplomas to qualified masters’s geography students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Missouri - Columbia. The school came in at #3 for the Most Well Attended Geography Major in Missouri for a Master’s. Located in Columbia, Missouri, this large public school awarded 1 diplomas to qualified masters’s geography students in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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