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2023 Best Value Geography & Cartography Schools in Iowa

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$9,543 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$42,929 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Geography & Cartography 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Geography & Cartography Schools in Iowa to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Iowa to see which 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.

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.

2023 Best Value Geography & Cartography Schools in Iowa

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

Best Iowa Schools for Affordable Quality in Geography & Cartography

#1

University of Northern Iowa

Cedar Falls, IA
$9,053 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named University of Northern Iowa the best value school in Iowa for geography and cartography students. Located in the small city of Cedar Falls, UNI is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

UNI undergraduate students pay an average of $9,053 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, UNI is ranked #5 for overall quality for geography in Iowa.

Full Geography & Cartography at University of Northern Iowa Report

#2

University of Iowa

Iowa City, IA
$9,942 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at University of Iowa helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best geography and cartography schools in Iowa. Located in the small city of Iowa City, Iowa is a public school with a very large student population.

Iowa undergraduate students pay an average of $9,942 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Iowa also claimed a spot on our Best Geography & Cartography Schools in Iowa list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools in this category.

Read full report on Geography & Cartography at University of Iowa

$9,634 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at Iowa State University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best geography and cartography schools in Iowa. Iowa State is a very large public school located in the city of Ames.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Iowa State are $9,634 per year.

Iowa State not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #4 on our Best Geography & Cartography Schools in Iowa list.

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Best Value Geography & Cartography Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Best Value Geography & Cartography Schools 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

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 averages are for the top 3 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Couleur.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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