2022 Best Value Geography Schools for a Master’s in New Jersey For Those Getting Aid

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Master’s in New Jersey For Those Getting Aid” 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 New Jersey, there were 57 geography graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 3 geography graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,690 and $39,821 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent geography programs, but they also 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Geography Schools for a Master’s in New Jersey For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for new jersey master’s degree geography students with aid.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Geography in New Jersey (With Aid)

#1

Rutgers University - New Brunswick

New Brunswick, New Jersey

#1 in overall quality

$32,132 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Geography Schools for a Master’s in New Jersey For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Rutgers University - New Brunswick landed the #1 spot on the list. New Brunswick, New Jersey is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s geography degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

Rutgers New Brunswick did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Geography Master’s Degree Schools in New Jersey” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Rutgers University - New Brunswick are $32,132, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Geography at Rutgers New Brunswick

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Geography in the Middle Atlantic Region (With Aid)
• Best Value Master’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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