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When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Geographic Information Science Major in Wisconsin” 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 Wisconsin, there were 102 geographic information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 27 geographic information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $59,375 and $37,397 respectively.
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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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Geographic Information Science Major in Wisconsin” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for wisconsin master’s degree geographic information science students.
Out of the 1 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Geographic Information Science Major in Wisconsin that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Wisconsin - Madison landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Madison, Wisconsin, this large public school awarded 27 diplomas to qualified masters’s geographic information science students in 2021-2022.
With a freshman retention rate of 95%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full UW - Madison Geographic Information Science Report
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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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