2023 Best Value Geography & Cartography Schools in District of Columbia
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Geography & Cartography School for You
With 50 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, geography and cartography is the #102 most popular major in District of Columbia.
Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.
To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Geography & Cartography Schools in District of Columbia ranking.
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. 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.
Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
Best Geography & Cartography School
Our 2023 rankings named George Washington University the best value school in District of Columbia for geography and cartography students. Located in the city of Washington, GWU is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at GWU are $57,984 a year. Geography majors at GWU take out an average of $22,000 in student loans while working on their egree.
GWU did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Geography & Cartography Schools in District of Columbia list.
Full Geography & Cartography at George Washington University Report
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State | Degrees Awarded |
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Pennsylvania | 495 |
New York | 365 |
Maryland | 181 |
New Jersey | 67 |
Delaware | 9 |
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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 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 values are for the top school 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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