2022 Best Value Geography Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Geography Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 5,476 people earned their degree in geography, making the major the 144th most popular in the United States.

Across the New England region, there were 253 geography graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 23 geography graduates with average earnings and debt of $73,889 and $109,372 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Geography Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in geography. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great geography programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the geography program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Geography Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region doctor’s degree geography students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 3 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Geography (Income $0-$30k) in the New England Region

#1

Boston University

Boston, Massachusetts

#3 in overall quality

$57,666 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Boston University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Geography Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Boston, Massachusetts is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s geography degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

Boston U also took the #3 spot in our “Best Geography Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Boston U are $57,666, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Boston University Geography Report

#2

University of Connecticut

Storrs, Connecticut

#2 in overall quality

$41,576 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Geography Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Connecticut landed the #2 spot on the list. This large school is located in Storrs, Connecticut, and it awarded 6 doctorate’s geography degrees in 2019-2020.

UCONN also made our “Best Geography Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #2. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Connecticut are $41,576.

Full University of Connecticut Geography Report

#3

Clark University

Worcester, Massachusetts

#1 in overall quality

$47,730 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Clark University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Geography Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in Worcester, Massachusetts, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 15 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s geography students in 2019-2020.

Clark also made our “Best Geography Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Clark are $47,730, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Geography at Clark

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Geography (Income $0-$30k)

Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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