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2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Geography & Cartography (Income $30-$48k) in Louisiana

1 Ranked Colleges
9 Degrees Awarded
$29,900 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Geography Schools for a Doctorate in Louisiana For Those Making $30-$48k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Louisiana For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Geography & Cartography is the 107th most popular major in the country with 8,936 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, geography and cartography graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $36,126 and had an average of $23,577 in loans still to pay off.

Across Louisiana, there were 51 geography and cartography graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 9 geography and cartography graduates with average earnings and debt of $79,594 and $127,014 respectively.

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

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the geography and cartography program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Geography Schools for a Doctorate in Louisiana For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for louisiana doctor’s degree geography students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Geography & Cartography (Income $30-$48k) in Louisiana

#1 in overall quality

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Geography Schools for a Doctorate in Louisiana For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College landed the #1 spot on the list. Louisiana State University is a large school located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana that handed out 9 doctorate’s geography degrees in 2019-2020.

Louisiana State University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Geography & Cartography Doctor’s Degree Schools in Louisiana” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Louisiana State University are $29,970, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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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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