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Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Master’s Highly Focused on Geographic Information Science Major in the Plains States 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 Plains States region, there were 240 geographic information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 56 geographic information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,858 and $37,352 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Geographic Information Science Major in the Plains States Region” ranking, we looked at 9 colleges that offer a degree in geographic information science. That schools that top this list have a program in geographic information science in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region master’s degree geographic information science students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Geographic Information Science Major in the Plains States Region list. SMU MN is a private not-for-profit institution located in Winona, Minnesota. The school has a small population, and it awarded 5 masters’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota Geographic Information Science Report
Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Geographic Information Science Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Northwest Missouri State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Northwest Missouri State University is a public institution located in Maryville, Missouri. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 16 masters’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Geographic Information Science at Northwest Missouri State University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend South Dakota State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Geographic Information Science Major in the Plains States Region list. South Dakota State is located in Brookings, South Dakota and, has a fairly large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 8 masters’s geographic information science degrees to qualified students.
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%.
Full South Dakota State Geographic Information Science Report
Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Geographic Information Science Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Saint Cloud State University landed the #4 spot on the list. St. Cloud State University is a public institution located in Saint Cloud, Minnesota. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 3 masters’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Saint Cloud State University Geographic Information Science Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Saint Louis University. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Geographic Information Science Major in the Plains States Region. Saint Louis, Missouri is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s geographic information science degrees to 10 students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
Full SLU Geographic Information Science Report
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Geographic Information Science Major in the Plains States Region ranking. University of Minnesota - Twin Cities is a large school located in Minneapolis, Minnesota that handed out 9 masters’s geographic information science degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Full University of Minnesota - Twin Cities Geographic Information Science Report
University of Kansas came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Geographic Information Science Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Lawrence, Kansas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s geographic information science degrees to 3 students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.2%, 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 85%.
Full KU Geographic Information Science Report
University of Iowa landed the #8 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Geographic Information Science Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Located in Iowa City, Iowa, this large public school awarded 1 degrees to qualified masters’s geographic information science students in 2021-2022.
With a freshman retention rate of 88%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Iowa Geographic Information Science Report
With a ranking of #9, Minnesota State University - Mankato did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Geographic Information Science Major in the Plains States Region list. Minnesota State Mankato is a fairly large school located in Mankato, Minnesota that handed out 1 masters’s geographic information science degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.2% 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 Minnesota State Mankato
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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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