2023 Best Value Geography & Cartography Bachelor's Degree Schools in Iowa
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Geography & Cartography Bachelor's Degree School for You
Geography & Cartography is the #142 most popular major in Iowa with 45 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.
There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.
To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Geography & Cartography Bachelor's Degree Schools in Iowa ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in Iowa to see which ones offered the best value bachelor's degree programs for geography students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.
This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.
For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
Best Iowa Schools for Affordable Quality for a Bachelor's in Geography & Cartography
Our 2023 rankings named University of Northern Iowa the best value school in Iowa for geography and cartography students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the small city of Cedar Falls, UNI is a public school with a medium-sized student population.
UNI undergraduate students pay an average of $9,053 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
UNI also took the #5 spot in our Best Geography & Cartography Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Iowa rankings.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Iowa. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Geography & Cartography Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Iowa list. Located in the city of Iowa City, Iowa is a public school with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Iowa are $9,942 a year.
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Request InformationBest Value Geography & Cartography Colleges in the Plains States Region
Explore all the Best Value Geography & Cartography Colleges in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Missouri | 114 |
| Minnesota | 143 |
| Kansas | 40 |
| Nebraska | 20 |
| North Dakota | 10 |
| South Dakota | 25 |
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Geography & Cartography Related Majors for Geography
Geography & Cartography is one of 12 different types of programs to choose from.
Most Popular Related Majors
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Political Science & Government | 49,282 |
| Economics | 49,055 |
| Sociology | 38,475 |
| General Social Sciences | 18,997 |
| International Relations & National Security | 14,306 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 2 schools only.
- 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).
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