by our College Data Analytics TeamUnfortunately, there were no schools in the Plains States Region that made our Best Geography & Cartography Doctor's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. You may want to check out our national ranking in the field instead.
The geography doctor's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.
The overall quality of a doctor's degree school is important to ensure a quality education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges for a Doctor's Degree ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.
One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of doctorate graduates during the early years of their career. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their doctor's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.
In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:
Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for geography & cartography students working on their doctor's degree.
Unfortunately , we did not have enough data to create a ranking of the quality schools for geography & cartography in the Plains States Region . This is usually due to there not being enough schools in the Plains States Region that both offer geography & cartography and provided enough information for us to do a sufficient analysis.
As an alternative, check out at some of our other Geography & Cartography rankings below or check out our overall Best Colleges for Geography & Cartography ranking.
Explore the best geography & cartography colleges for a specific state in the Plains States Region .
Geography & Cartography is one of 13 different types of Social Sciences programs to choose from.
| Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Geography | 4 |
| Geographic Information Science | 4 |
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Economics | 74 |
| Other Social Sciences | 42 |
| Political Science & Government | 36 |
| Sociology | 34 |
| Anthropology | 20 |
| General Social Sciences | 2 |
| Archeology | 1 |