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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 for a Master’s Highly Focused on Geographic Information Science Major in Virginia” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Geographic Information Science is the 333rd most popular major in the country with 3,543 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.
Across Virginia, there were 36 geographic information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 6 geographic information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $59,140 and $42,203 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Geographic Information Science Major in Virginia” ranking looked at 2 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.
Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
The geographic information science school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Geographic Information Science Major in Virginia”.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for virginia master’s degree geographic information science students.
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Geographic Information Science Major in Virginia that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Mary Washington landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Mary Washington is a public institution located in Fredericksburg, Virginia. The school has a small population, and it awarded 2 masters’s degrees 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%.
Full UMW Geographic Information Science Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend George Mason University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Geographic Information Science Major in Virginia. George Mason University is a large school located in Fairfax, Virginia that handed out 4 masters’s geographic information science degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.8% 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 George Mason University
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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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