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2022 Best Value Geography Schools for a Doctorate in Virginia For Those Making $0-$30k

1 Ranked Colleges
5 Degrees Awarded
$30,500 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Geography Schools for a Doctorate in Virginia For Those Making $0-$30k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Geography Schools for a Doctorate in Virginia For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Geography is the 144th most popular major in the country with 5,476 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Virginia, there were 199 geography graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 5 geography graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great geography programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the geography program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Geography Schools for a Doctorate in Virginia For Those Making $0-$30k” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Geography Schools for a Doctorate in Virginia For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Geography Schools for a Doctorate in Virginia For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Geography (Income $0-$30k) in Virginia

#1

Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, Virginia
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Geography Schools for a Doctorate in Virginia For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Virginia Tech landed the #1 spot on the list. Blacksburg, Virginia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s geography degrees to 5 students in 2019-2020.

Virginia Tech also took the #1 spot in our “Best Geography Doctor’s Degree Schools in Virginia” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Virginia Tech are $30,547, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Virginia Tech Geography Report

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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