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2023 Best Value Geography & Cartography Schools in Minnesota

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

8 Colleges
$27,028 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$31,704 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Geography & Cartography School for You

Geography & Cartography is the #96 most popular major in Minnesota with 143 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Geography & Cartography Schools in Minnesota ranking. Our analysis looked at 8 schools in Minnesota 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.

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.

2023 Best Value Geography & Cartography Schools in Minnesota

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Geography & Cartography Colleges.

Best Minnesota Schools for Affordable Quality in Geography & Cartography

$9,468 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Minnesota State University - Moorhead the best value school in Minnesota for geography and cartography students. MSU Moorhead is a medium-sized public school located in the medium-sized suburb of Moorhead.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at MSU Moorhead are $9,468 a year.

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$9,146 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Minnesota State University - Mankato. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Geography & Cartography Schools in Minnesota list. Minnesota State Mankato is a large public school located in the small city of Mankato.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Minnesota State Mankato are $9,146 a year.

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#3

Saint Cloud State University

Saint Cloud, MN
$9,170 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Saint Cloud State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Geography & Cartography Schools in Minnesota list. St. Cloud State University is a large public school located in the small city of Saint Cloud.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at St. Cloud State University are $9,170 a year.

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$13,850 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Minnesota - Duluth. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Geography & Cartography Schools in Minnesota list. UMN Duluth is a moderately-sized public school located in the small city of Duluth.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UMN Duluth are $13,850 per year. While working on their degree, geography majors at UMN Duluth accumulate an average of around $18,734 in student debt.

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$15,254 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Geography & Cartography Schools in Minnesota list. Located in the city of Minneapolis, UMN Twin Cities is a public school with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UMN Twin Cities are $15,254 per year. While working on their degree, geography majors at UMN Twin Cities accumulate an average of around $20,500 in student debt.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, UMN Twin Cities also did well on our Best Geography & Cartography Schools in Minnesota list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

Full Geography & Cartography at University of Minnesota - Twin Cities Report

#6

Gustavus Adolphus College

Saint Peter, MN
$50,490 Average Tuition & Fees

Gustavus Adolphus College came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Geography & Cartography Schools in Minnesota ranking. Located in the fringe town of Saint Peter, Gustavus Adolphus is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Gustavus Adolphus are $50,490 a year.

Gustavus Adolphus also made our Best Geography & Cartography Schools in Minnesota list, coming in at #4.

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$48,329 Average Tuition & Fees

University of St Thomas Minnesota came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Geography & Cartography Schools in Minnesota ranking. Located in the large city of Saint Paul, UST MN is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UST MN are $48,329 per year.

UST MN did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Geography & Cartography Schools in Minnesota list.

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#8

Macalester College

Saint Paul, MN
$60,518 Average Tuition & Fees

With a ranking of #8, Macalester College did quite well on this year’s best value schools for geography and cartography students. Macalester is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Saint Paul.

Macalester undergraduate students pay an average of $60,518 in in-state tuition and fees each year. Geography majors at Macalester take out an average of $18,835 in student loans while working on their egree.

Full Geography & Cartography at Macalester College Report

Best 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
Kansas 40
Iowa 45
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 8 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.

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