2025 Best Geographic Information Science Schools in the Southeast Region
7Colleges in the Southeast Region
367Geographic 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.
In 2025, College Factual analyzed 7 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Geographic Information Science Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 367 degrees in geographic information science annually.
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. 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.
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 Southeast Region 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 the Southeast Region
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 Southeast Region Schools in Geographic Information Science
Any student who is interested in geographic information science needs to check out George Mason University. Located in the suburb of Fairfax, GMU is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #92 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means GMU is a great university overall.
There were roughly 7 geographic information science students who graduated with this degree at GMU in the most recent data year.
Florida State University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in geographic information science. Florida State is a very large public university located in the city of Tallahassee. A Best Colleges rank of #117 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Florida State is a great university overall.
There were roughly 8 geographic information science students who graduated with this degree at Florida State in the most recent data year.
It is hard to beat University of Kentucky if you want to pursue a degree in geographic information science. Located in the city of Lexington, UK is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #220 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UK is a great university overall.
There were roughly 16 geographic information science students who graduated with this degree at UK in the most recent data year.
University of North Alabama is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in geographic information science. Located in the small city of Florence, UNA is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 22nd out of 42 colleges for overall quality in the state of Alabama.
There were approximately 11 geographic information science students who graduated with this degree at UNA in the most recent data year.
KSU Georgia is a very large public university located in the suburb of Kennesaw. This university ranks 20th out of 68 schools for overall quality in the state of Georgia.
There were roughly 31 geographic information science students who graduated with this degree at KSU Georgia in the most recent data year.
Located in the fringe town of Radford, Radford is a public university with a medium-sized student population. This university ranks 20th out of 57 schools for overall quality in the state of Virginia.
There were approximately 8 geographic information science students who graduated with this degree at Radford in the most recent data year.
UWF is a large public university located in the rural area of Pensacola. This university ranks 49th out of 70 colleges for overall quality in the state of Florida.
There were roughly 11 geographic information science students who graduated with this degree at UWF 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. 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.
