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2022 Best Vallue Geography Schools for a Bachelor’s in District of Columbia For Those Making Over $110k

1 Ranked Colleges
26 Degrees Awarded
$46,600 Avg Net Price*
Best Vallue Geography Schools for a Bachelor's in District of Columbia For Those Making Over $110k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Vallue Geography Schools for a Bachelor’s in District of Columbia For Those Making Over $110k” 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 District of Columbia, there were 50 geography and cartography graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $20,398 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 26 geography and cartography graduates with average earnings and debt of $44,446 and $25,767 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Vallue Geography Schools for a Bachelor’s in District of Columbia For Those Making Over $110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for district of columbia bachelor’s degree geography students whose families make more than $110k.

Top 1 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Geography & Cartography (Income Over $110k) in District of Columbia

#1

George Washington University

Washington, District of Columbia

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Vallue Geography Schools for a Bachelor’s in District of Columbia For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, George Washington University landed the #1 spot on the list. GWU is located in Washington, District of Columbia and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 26 bachelors’s geography degrees to qualified students.

GWU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Geography & Cartography Bachelor’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” list. The estimated yearly cost for GWU is $33,719 for district of columbia bachelor’s degree geography students whose families make more than $110k.

The low student loan default rate of 2.2% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 88%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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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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