2023 Best Value Geography & Cartography Master's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
Finding the Best Geography & Cartography Master's Degree School for You
Geography & Cartography is the #103 most popular major in the country with 8,526 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.
There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Geography & Cartography Master's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 14 schools in the Southwest Region to see which master's degree programs offered the best value experiences for geography students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.
When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.
Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.
Top 10 Best Geography & Cartography Master's Degree Schools
Our 2023 rankings named Texas A&M University - College Station the best value school in the Southwest Region for geography and cartography students working on their master’s degree. Texas A&M College Station is a very large public school located in the city of College Station.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Texas A&M College Station are $24,106 per year.
Texas A&M College Station not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #5 on our Best Geography & Cartography Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list.
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Out of the 14 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas Tech University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the city of Lubbock, Texas Tech is a public school with a very large student population.
Texas Tech graduate students pay an average of $17,698 in tuition and fees each year.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, Texas Tech also did well on our Best Geography & Cartography Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
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The excellent master’s degree programs at The University of Texas at Austin helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value geography and cartography schools in the Southwest Region . Located in the city of Austin, UT Austin is a public school with a very large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UT Austin are $22,944 a year.
UT Austin also took the #2 spot in our Best Geography & Cartography Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region rankings.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of North Texas. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Geography & Cartography Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. UNT is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Denton.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UNT are $15,600 per year.
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Out of the 14 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas State University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Texas State is a very large public school located in the city of San Marcos.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Texas State are $17,220 per year.
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Sam Houston State University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Geography & Cartography Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in the distant town of Huntsville, SHSU is a public college with a fairly large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at SHSU are $16,009 per year.
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University of Oklahoma Norman Campus ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Geography & Cartography Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. University of Oklahoma is a fairly large public school located in the midsize suburb of Norman.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at University of Oklahoma are $23,876 a year.
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With a ranking of #8, Northern Arizona University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for geography and cartography students working on their master’s degree. NAU is a very large public school located in the city of Flagstaff.
NAU graduate students pay an average of $20,125 in tuition and fees each year.
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The University of Texas at Dallas ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Geography & Cartography Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. UT Dallas is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Richardson.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UT Dallas are $29,252 per year.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, UT Dallas also did well on our Best Geography & Cartography Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
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University of New Mexico - Main Campus landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree geography and cartography programs. Located in the large city of Albuquerque, UNM is a public school with a very large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UNM are $20,487 per year.
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Request InformationBest Geography & Cartography Colleges by State
Explore the best geography and cartography colleges for a specific state in the Southwest region.
State | Degrees Awarded |
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Texas | 445 |
Arizona | 288 |
Oklahoma | 54 |
New Mexico | 50 |
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Majors Related to Geography
One of 12 majors within the area of study, geography and cartography has other similar majors worth exploring.
Most Popular Majors Related to Geography
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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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 14 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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