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2023 Best Value Geography & Cartography Schools in District of Columbia

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

1 College
$57,984 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$57,970 Avg Salary

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.

Check out the geography programs at this school if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Geography & Cartography School

Our analysis found George Washington University to be the best value school for geography and cartography students who want to pursue a degree in District of Columbia. Located in the city of Washington, GWU is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at GWU are $57,984 per year. Geography majors at GWU take out an average of $22,000 in student loans while working on their egree.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, GWU is ranked #2 for overall quality for geography in District of Columbia.

Full Geography & Cartography at George Washington University Report

Best Value Geography & Cartography Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Value Geography & Cartography Schools in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania 495
New York 365
Maryland 181
New Jersey 67
Delaware 9

More Geography & Cartography Rankings in District of Columbia

Geography & Cartography is one of 12 different types of programs to choose from.

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 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Couleur.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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