2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Geography & Cartography (Income Over $110k) in District of Columbia

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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 District of Columbia, there were 50 geography and cartography graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $20,398 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 9 geography and cartography graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,525 and $61,455 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality geography and cartography programs that also have a lower cost than 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 Master’s in District of Columbia For Those Making Over $110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Vallue Geography Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia For Those Making Over $110k.

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

#1

George Washington University

Washington, District of Columbia

#1 in overall quality

$31,824 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend George Washington University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Vallue Geography Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia For Those Making Over $110k list. Located in Washington, District of Columbia, this large private not-for-profit school awarded 9 diplomas to qualified masters’s geography students in 2019-2020.

GWU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Geography & Cartography Master’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at GWU are $31,824, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Geography & Cartography at GWU

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Geography & Cartography (Income Over $110k)

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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