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When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Geographic Information Science Major in California” ranking - to help you make that decision.
In 2021-2022, 3,543 people earned their degree in geographic information science, making the major the 333rd most popular in the United States.
Across California, there were 382 geographic information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 95 geographic information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,904 and $19,503 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Geographic Information Science Major in California” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in geographic information science. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their geographic information science program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Geographic Information Science Major in California”.
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Geographic Information Science Major in California that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - Santa Barbara landed the #1 spot on the list. Santa Barbara, California is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s geographic information science degrees to 77 students in 2021-2022.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Southern California. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Geographic Information Science Major in California list. Los Angeles, California is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s geographic information science degrees to 18 students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.5% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 96%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
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Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Geographic Information Science Major in California that were part of this year’s ranking, Mount Saint Mary’s University landed the #3 spot on the list. Los Angeles, California is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s geographic information science degrees to 0 students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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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%.
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- *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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