2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Geography in Maryland (With Aid)

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 Maryland For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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

Across Maryland, there were 116 geography graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 2 geography graduates with average earnings and debt of $76,340 and $104,765 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 picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Geography Schools for a Doctorate in Maryland For Those Getting Aid” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Geography Schools for a Doctorate in Maryland For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for maryland doctor’s degree geography students with aid.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Geography in Maryland (With Aid)

#1

University of Maryland - Baltimore County

Baltimore, Maryland

#1 in overall quality

$21,078 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Maryland - Baltimore County. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Geography Schools for a Doctorate in Maryland For Those Getting Aid list. University of Maryland - Baltimore County is a public institution located in Baltimore, Maryland. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 2 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UMBC, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Geography Doctor’s Degree Schools in Maryland” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Maryland - Baltimore County are $21,078, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Geography at University of Maryland - Baltimore County

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• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Geography (With Aid)

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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