by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Geography Major in Michigan” ranking - to help you make that decision.
Geography is the 159th most popular major in the country with 4,439 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.
Across Michigan, there were 98 geography graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 12 geography graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,121 and $41,673 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Geography Major in Michigan” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in geography. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their geography program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
The geography school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Geography Major in Michigan”.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Geography Major in Michigan”.
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Geography Major in Michigan that were part of this year’s ranking, Western Michigan University landed the #1 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Kalamazoo, Michigan, and it awarded 9 masters’s geography degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Geography Major in Michigan that were part of this year’s ranking, Michigan State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Michigan State University is a public institution located in East Lansing, Michigan. The school has a large population, and it awarded 3 masters’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Geography Major in Michigan that were part of this year’s ranking, Eastern Michigan University landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Ypsilanti, Michigan, this fairly large public school awarded 13 degrees to qualified masters’s geography students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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