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It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools Highly Focused on Geographic Information Science Major in Oregon” ranking is part of that endeavor.
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 Oregon, there were 174 geographic information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools Highly Focused on Geographic Information Science Major in Oregon” ranking, we looked at 2 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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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Schools Highly Focused on Geographic Information Science Major in Oregon” list to help you make the college decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for oregon geographic information science students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Oregon. The school came in at #1 for the Schools Highly Focused on Geographic Information Science Major in Oregon. UO is located in Eugene, Oregon and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 20 ’s geographic information science degrees to qualified students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full University of Oregon Geographic Information Science Report
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Geographic Information Science Major in Oregon that were part of this year’s ranking, Central Oregon Community College landed the #2 spot on the list. COCC is located in Bend, Oregon and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 7 ’s geographic information science degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Geographic Information Science at Central Oregon Community College
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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%.
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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