2024 Best Geography Master's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region
15
Colleges in the Great Lakes Region
53
Master's Degrees
If you plan on getting your master's degree in
geography, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #261 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
College Factual reviewed 15 schools in the Great Lakes Region to determine which ones were the best for master's degree seekers in the field of geography. Combined, these schools handed out 53 master's degrees in geography to qualified students.
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Choosing a Great Geography School for Your Master's Degree
The geography master'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. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.
A Great Overall School
A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges for a Master's Degree ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.
Other Factors We Consider
In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:
- Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to geography students as compared to other majors.
- Major Demand - The number of geography students who choose to seek a master's degree at the school.
- Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
- Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized geography related body.
Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for geography students working on their master'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 Geography Master's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list to help you make the college decision.