5
Colleges in the Far Western US Region
225
Bachelor's Degrees
Geographic Information Science is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #294 most popular bachelor's degree program in the country. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.
College Factual reviewed 5 schools in the Far Western US Region to determine which ones were the best for bachelor's degree seekers in the field of geographic information science. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 225 bachelor's degrees in geographic information science during the 2022-2023 academic year.
What's on this page: * Our Methodology
The geographic information science bachelor's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:
Overall Quality Is a Must
The overall quality of a bachelor's degree school is important to ensure a good education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To take this into account we include a college's overall Best Colleges ranking which itself looks at a collection of various factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.
Other Factors We Consider
The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.
- Major Focus - How much a school focuses on geographic information science students vs. other majors.
- Major Demand - The number of geographic information science students who choose to seek a bachelor's degree at the school.
- Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
- Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized geographic information science related body.
Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for geographic information science students working on their bachelor's degree.
One Size Does Not Fit All
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 Best Geographic Information Science Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list to help you make the college decision.
To further help you make the college decision, we've developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you.
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