2025 Best Geographic Information Science Schools in New York
3Colleges in New York
158Geographic Information Science Degrees Awarded
Geographic Information Science is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #333 most popular degree program in the country. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
College Factual looked at 3 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Geographic Information Science Schools in New York ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 158 degrees in geographic information science to qualified students.
Choosing a Great Geographic Information Science School
The geographic information science program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Geographic Information Science rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for geographic information science schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Geographic Information Science Rankings by 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 New York list to help you make the college decision.
You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.
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Best Schools for Geographic Information Science in New York
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the geographic information science degree levels they offer.
Top New York Schools in Geographic Information Science
It's difficult to beat University at Buffalo if you want to pursue a degree in geographic information science. Located in the large suburb of Buffalo, University at Buffalo is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 18th out of 136 schools for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were roughly 23 geographic information science students who graduated with this degree at University at Buffalo in the most recent year we have data available.
It's difficult to beat Binghamton University if you want to pursue a degree in geographic information science. Located in the suburb of Vestal, Binghamton University is a public university with a large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #154 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Binghamton University is a great university overall.
There were roughly 36 geographic information science students who graduated with this degree at Binghamton University in the most recent data year.
It is hard to beat SUNY Cortland if you want to pursue a degree in geographic information science. SUNY Cortland is a medium-sized public school located in the town of Cortland. This school ranks 25th out of 136 schools for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were about 12 geographic information science students who graduated with this degree at SUNY Cortland in the most recent year we have data available.
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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The geographic information science program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Geographic Information Science rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for geographic information science schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
