2025 Best Geographic Information Science Schools in the Great Lakes Region
8Colleges in the Great Lakes Region
384Geographic Information Science Degrees Awarded
If you plan on majoring in geographic information science, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #333 in the country in terms of popularity. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 8 schools in the Great Lakes Region to determine which ones were the best for geographic information science students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 384 degrees in geographic information science to qualified students.
Choosing a Great Geographic Information Science School
Your choice of geographic information science school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall Geographic Information Science School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
Pick Your Geographic Information Science Degree Level
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 Schools in the Great Lakes Region list to help you make the college decision.
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Best Schools for Geographic Information Science in the Great Lakes Region
If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the geographic information science degrees they offer, see the list below.
Top Great Lakes Region Schools in Geographic Information Science
University of Wisconsin - Madison is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in geographic information science. UW - Madison is a very large public university located in the city of Madison. A Best Colleges rank of #40 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UW - Madison is a great university overall.
There were approximately 59 geographic information science students who graduated with this degree at UW - Madison in the most recent data year.
Ohio State University - Main Campus is a wonderful option for students interested in a degree in geographic information science. Located in the large city of Columbus, Ohio State is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #70 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Ohio State is a great university overall.
There were about 31 geographic information science students who graduated with this degree at Ohio State in the most recent data year.
Michigan State University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in geographic information science. Michigan State is a very large public university located in the small city of East Lansing. A Best Colleges rank of #54 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Michigan State is a great university overall.
There were approximately 6 geographic information science students who graduated with this degree at Michigan State in the most recent year we have data available.
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in geographic information science. UIUC is a fairly large public university located in the city of Champaign. A Best Colleges rank of #41 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UIUC is a great university overall.
There were approximately 21 geographic information science students who graduated with this degree at UIUC in the most recent data year.
WMU is a fairly large public university located in the city of Kalamazoo. This university ranks 4th out of 56 colleges for overall quality in the state of Michigan.
There were about 3 geographic information science students who graduated with this degree at WMU in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the suburb of Kent, Kent State is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 9th out of 91 colleges for overall quality in the state of Ohio.
There were approximately 19 geographic information science students who graduated with this degree at Kent State in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the large suburb of Ypsilanti, Eastern Michigan is a public university with a large student population. This university ranks 15th out of 56 schools for overall quality in the state of Michigan.
There were approximately 8 geographic information science students who graduated with this degree at Eastern Michigan in the most recent data year.
Located in the town of Macomb, WIU is a public university with a moderately-sized student population. This university ranks 37th out of 85 schools for overall quality in the state of Illinois.
There were about 6 geographic information science students who graduated with this degree at WIU in the most recent data year.
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).
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Your choice of geographic information science school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall Geographic Information Science School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
