2022 Most Popular Bachelor's Degree Colleges for Geographic Information Science in California

A bachelor's degree in geographic information science is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #311 out of 1137 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

College Factual looked at 3 colleges and universities when compiling its 2022 Most Popular Bachelor's Degree Colleges for Geographic Information Science in California ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 92 bachelor's degrees in geographic information science during the 2019-2020 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Geographic Information Science School for Your Bachelor's Degree

The geographic information science bachelor's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. One of the reasons we created our Most Popular Bachelor's Degree Colleges for Geographic Information Science in California ranking is to help you make that choice.

A high popularity ranking isn't always a sign that a school has a great overall quality ranking for geographic information science, but it does mean that many students are choosing the school for some reason. Sometimes this is because the school offers a great educational experience, it is a good value, or it is highly focused on the program.

More Ways to Rank Geographic Information Science Schools

We have also developed a number of other rankings to help guide you in your decision-making process. To begin with, if this is not the degree level you are most interested in, you may want to check out one of the others noted above. If you would prefer to limit your search to a specific state or region of the county, see our rankings by location. Plus, you can view our other rankings for geographic information science.

In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat. Test it out when you get a chance! You may also want to bookmark the link and share it with others who are trying to make the college decision.

Most Popular Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Geographic Information Science in California

The following list ranks the most popular colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in geographic information science.

Most Well Attended Schools for Geographic Information Science Students Working on Their Bachelor's

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University of California - Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA

79 Annual Bachelor's Degrees

#2 Best Quality In CA

University of California - Santa Barbara is one of the most popular schools in the United States for getting a bachelor's degree in geographic information science. Located in the suburb of Santa Barbara, UCSB is a public university with a fairly large student population. Potential students might also be interested to know that the school ranks #2 in quality for bachelor's degrees in geographic information science in California.

There were about 79 geographic information science students who graduated with this degree at UCSB in the most recent data year.

More information about a bachelor’s in geographic information science from University of California - Santa Barbara

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University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA

13 Annual Bachelor's Degrees

#1 Best Quality In CA

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

University of Southern California is one of the most popular schools in the United States for getting a bachelor's degree in geographic information science. USC is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Los Angeles. Potential students might also be interested to know that the school ranks #1 in quality for bachelor's degrees in geographic information science in California.

There were roughly 13 geographic information science individuals who graduated with this degree at USC in the most recent data year.

More information about a bachelor’s in geographic information science from University of Southern California

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Mount Saint Mary's University
Los Angeles, CA

Mount Saint Mary's University is one of the most popular schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in geographic information science. Located in the large city of Los Angeles, MSMU is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. More information about a bachelor’s in geographic information science from Mount Saint Mary’s University

Best Geographic Information Science Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Most Popular Geographic Information Science Colleges in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Washington	527	2
Oregon	330	14

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Geographic Information Science Related Rankings by Major

Geographic Information Science is one of 2 different types of Geography & Cartography programs to choose from.

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Geography	497
Other Geography	67

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Couleur. More about our data sources and methodologies.