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When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Southeast Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Geographic Information Science is the 333rd most popular major in the country with 3,543 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.
Across the Southeast region, there were 367 geographic information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 43 geographic information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,436 and $23,790 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Geographic Information Science Major in the Southeast Region” ranking looked at 9 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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 colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region bachelor’s degree geographic information science students.
Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Geographic Information Science Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Alabama landed the #1 spot on the list. Florence, Alabama 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 4.0% 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 UNA
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Radford University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Geographic Information Science Major in the Southeast Region list. Radford is a public institution located in Radford, Virginia. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 8 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.8% 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 full report on Geographic Information Science at Radford
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Eastern Kentucky University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Geographic Information Science Major in the Southeast Region list. Eastern is a fairly large school located in Richmond, Kentucky that handed out 3 bachelors’s geographic information science degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Eastern Kentucky University Geographic Information Science Report
Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Geographic Information Science Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Kennesaw State University landed the #4 spot on the list. KSU Georgia is located in Kennesaw, Georgia and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 16 bachelors’s geographic information science degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full KSU Georgia Geographic Information Science Report
Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Geographic Information Science Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Auburn University at Montgomery landed the #5 spot on the list. AUM is a public institution located in Montgomery, Alabama. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Geographic Information Science at AUM
Auburn University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Geographic Information Science Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Auburn is a large public school situated in Auburn, Alabama. It awarded 5 bachelors’s geographic information science degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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%.
Read more about Geographic Information Science at Auburn University
Troy University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Geographic Information Science Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Troy, Alabama is the setting for this fairly large 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 2.6% 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 full report on Geographic Information Science at Troy University
Western Kentucky University ranked #8 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Geographic Information Science Major in the Southeast Region list. Western Kentucky University is a fairly large school located in Bowling Green, Kentucky that handed out 1 bachelors’s geographic information science degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Geographic Information Science at Western Kentucky University
Old Dominion University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Geographic Information Science Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #8. This large school is located in Norfolk, Virginia, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s geographic information science degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Geographic Information Science at Old Dominion
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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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