2022 Best Vallue Geography Schools for a Master’s in Iowa For Those Making Over $110k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Vallue Geography Schools for a Master’s in Iowa For Those Making Over $110k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 Iowa, there were 44 geography and cartography graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 4 geography and cartography graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,298 and $45,299 respectively.

This year’s “Best Vallue Geography Schools for a Master’s in Iowa For Those Making Over $110k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in geography and cartography. 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.

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 Vallue Geography Schools for a Master’s in Iowa For Those Making Over $110k

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

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Geography & Cartography (Income Over $110k) in Iowa

#1

University of Northern Iowa

Cedar Falls, Iowa

#2 in overall quality

$22,648 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Northern Iowa. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Vallue Geography Schools for a Master’s in Iowa For Those Making Over $110k list. Located in Cedar Falls, Iowa, this medium-sized public school handed out 2 diplomas to qualified masters’s geography students in 2019-2020.

UNI not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Geography & Cartography Master’s Degree Schools in Iowa” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Northern Iowa are $22,648, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full UNI Geography & Cartography Report

#2

University of Iowa

Iowa City, Iowa

#1 in overall quality

$27,613 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Vallue Geography Schools for a Master’s in Iowa For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Iowa landed the #2 spot on the list. This large school is located in Iowa City, Iowa, and it awarded 2 masters’s geography degrees in 2019-2020.

Iowa did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Geography & Cartography Master’s Degree Schools in Iowa” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Iowa are $27,613, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Geography & Cartography at Iowa

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Geography & Cartography (Income Over $110k) in the Plains States Region
• 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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