2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Geography & Cartography (Income Over $110k) in the Rocky Mountains Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Vallue Geography Schools for an Associate in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making Over $110k” ranking.

In 2019-2020, 8,936 people earned their degree in geography and cartography, making the major the 107th most popular in the United States. 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 the Rocky Mountains region, there were 780 geography and cartography graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,257 and $23,177 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 11 geography and cartography graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,967 and $17,711 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent geography and cartography 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 and cartography program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Vallue Geography Schools for an Associate in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making Over $110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Vallue Geography Schools for an Associate in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making Over $110k.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Geography & Cartography (Income Over $110k) in the Rocky Mountains Region

#1

College of Western Idaho

Nampa, Idaho

#1 in overall quality

$6,711 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend College of Western Idaho. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Vallue Geography Schools for an Associate in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making Over $110k list. Located in Nampa, Idaho, this fairly large public school handed out 2 diplomas to qualified associates’s geography students in 2019-2020.

CWI not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Geography & Cartography Associate Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for CWI is $6,711 for Rocky Mountains Region Associate Degree Geography students whose families make more than $110k.

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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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