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Best Value Geography & Cartography Schools in South Dakota

2023 Best Value Geography & Cartography Schools in South Dakota

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

1 College
$9,299 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Geography & Cartography School for You

With 25 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, geography and cartography is the #91 most popular major in South Dakota.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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 South Dakota ranking.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

Best Geography & Cartography School

$9,299 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found South Dakota State University to be the best value school for geography and cartography students who want to pursue a degree in South Dakota. South Dakota State is a large public school located in the remote town of Brookings.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at South Dakota State are $9,299 per year.

South Dakota State also made our Best Geography & Cartography Schools in South Dakota list, coming in at #2.

Read full report on Geography & Cartography at South Dakota State University

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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
Minnesota 143
Kansas 40
Iowa 45
Nebraska 20
North Dakota 10

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

Majors Similar to Geography

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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