2025 Best Geographic Information Science Schools in the Plains States Region

A degree in geographic information science is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #333 out of 1506 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Geographic Information Science Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 240 degrees in geographic information science annually.

What's on this page: * Degree-Level Rankings

• Best Overall Geographic Information Science Schools List

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 Plains States Region list to help you make the college decision. If you'd like to restrict your choices to just one part of the country, you can filter this list by location.

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Best Schools for Geographic Information Science in the Plains States Region

The schools below may not offer all types of geographic information science degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.

Top Plains States Region Schools in Geographic Information Science

1

University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
Minneapolis, MN

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

22.2% Growth in Graduates

It's hard to beat University of Minnesota - Twin Cities if you wish to pursue a degree in geographic information science. UMN Twin Cities is a very large public university located in the city of Minneapolis.More information about a degree in geographic information science from University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

2

Northwest Missouri State University
Maryville, MO

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

48 Geographic Information Science Degrees Awarded

41.7% Growth in Graduates

Every student who is interested in geographic information science has to look into Northwest Missouri State University. Northwest is a medium-sized public university located in the town of Maryville.More information about a degree in geographic information science from Northwest Missouri State University

Best Geographic Information Science Colleges by State

Explore the best geographic information science schools for a specific state in the Plains States Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Minnesota	742	25
Missouri	693	17
Iowa	648	10
Kansas	599	3
South Dakota	381	9

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Rankings in Majors Related to Geographic Information Science

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	272

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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).
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More about our data sources and methodologies.