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When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Geographic Information Science Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
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 the Middle Atlantic region, there were 652 geographic information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 158 geographic information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,660 and $23,761 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Geographic Information Science Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking, we looked at 12 colleges that offer a degree 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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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Geographic Information Science Major in the Middle Atlantic Region”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend United States Military Academy. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Geographic Information Science Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. This small school is located in West Point, New York, and it awarded 39 bachelors’s geographic information science degrees in 2021-2022.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 96%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read more about Geographic Information Science at United States Military Academy
Out of the 12 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Geographic Information Science Major in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Binghamton University landed the #2 spot on the list. Binghamton University is a public institution located in Vestal, New York. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 26 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.7% 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%.
Full Binghamton University Geographic Information Science Report
Out of the 12 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Geographic Information Science Major in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, SUNY Cortland landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Cortland, New York, this medium-sized public school handed out 12 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s geographic information science students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Geographic Information Science at SUNY Cortland
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Maryland - College Park. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Geographic Information Science Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in College Park, Maryland, this large public school handed out 33 degrees to qualified bachelors’s geographic information science students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 95%.
Read more about Geographic Information Science at University of Maryland - College Park
Out of the 12 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Geographic Information Science Major in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Indiana University of Pennsylvania - Main Campus landed the #5 spot on the list. Indiana University of Pennsylvania - Main Campus is a medium-sized school located in Indiana, Pennsylvania that handed out 9 bachelors’s geographic information science degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Geographic Information Science at IUP
University at Buffalo ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Geographic Information Science Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. University at Buffalo is a public institution located in Buffalo, New York. The school has a large population, and it awarded 18 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.3% 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%.
Full University at Buffalo Geographic Information Science Report
Rowan University landed the #8 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Geographic Information Science Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Rowan is a fairly large public school situated in Glassboro, New Jersey. It awarded 12 bachelors’s geographic information science degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Geographic Information Science at Rowan
Hofstra University ranked #9 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Geographic Information Science Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in Hempstead, New York, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 3 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s geographic information science students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Geographic Information Science at Hofstra
Farmingdale State College came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Geographic Information Science Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Farmingdale, New York is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s geographic information science degrees to 3 students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.3% 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%.
Full Farmingdale State College Geographic Information Science Report
University of Delaware landed the #11 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Geographic Information Science Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Newark, Delaware is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s geographic information science degrees to 1 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 0.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Geographic Information Science at UD
SUNY Potsdam ranked #12 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Geographic Information Science Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in Potsdam, New York, this small public school handed out 0 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s geographic information science students in 2021-2022.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Geographic Information Science at SUNY Potsdam
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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
- *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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