2023 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Geographic Information Science in the Rocky Mountains Region

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Geographic Information Science is the 333rd most popular major in the country with 3,543 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.

Across the Rocky Mountains region, there were 429 geographic information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 10 geographic information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,137 and $16,077 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Geographic Information Science Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in geographic information science. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in geographic information science.

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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Geographic Information Science Major in the Rocky Mountains Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for rocky mountains region associate degree geographic information science students.

Top 5 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Geographic Information Science in the Rocky Mountains Region

1

Casper College
Casper, Wyoming

Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Geographic Information Science Major in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Casper College landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in Casper, Wyoming, and it awarded 5 associates’s geographic information science degrees in 2021-2022.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Geographic Information Science at Casper College

2

Front Range Community College
Westminster, Colorado

Top 15% overall quality in Rocky Mountains

Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Geographic Information Science Major in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Front Range Community College landed the #2 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Westminster, Colorado, and it awarded 4 associates’s geographic information science degrees in 2021-2022.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.7% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read more about Geographic Information Science at FRCC

3

Snow College
Ephraim, Utah

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Snow College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Geographic Information Science Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Ephraim, Utah is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s geographic information science degrees to 6 students in 2021-2022.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.4% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read more about Geographic Information Science at Snow College

3

Central Wyoming College
Riverton, Wyoming

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Central Wyoming College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Geographic Information Science Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in Riverton, Wyoming, this small public school handed out 5 degrees to qualified associates’s geographic information science students in 2021-2022.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.9% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read more about Geographic Information Science at CWC

3

Lewis - Clark State College
Lewiston, Idaho

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Lewis - Clark State College. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Geographic Information Science Major in the Rocky Mountains Region. This small school is located in Lewiston, Idaho, and it awarded 0 associates’s geographic information science degrees in 2021-2022.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Lewis - Clark State College Geographic Information Science Report

Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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