2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Geography & Cartography in Wisconsin (With Aid)

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Geography Schools for a Master’s in Wisconsin For Those Getting Aid” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 Wisconsin, there were 336 geography and cartography graduates with average earnings and debt of $29,425 and $25,205 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 56 geography and cartography graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Geography Schools for a Master’s in Wisconsin For Those Getting Aid” 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.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the geography and cartography program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Geography Schools for a Master’s in Wisconsin For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Geography Schools for a Master’s in Wisconsin For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Geography & Cartography in Wisconsin (With Aid)

#1

University of Wisconsin - Madison

Madison, Wisconsin

#1 in overall quality

$25,523 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Geography Schools for a Master’s in Wisconsin For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Wisconsin - Madison landed the #1 spot on the list. UW - Madison is located in Madison, Wisconsin and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 55 masters’s geography degrees to qualified students.

UW - Madison not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Geography & Cartography Master’s Degree Schools in Wisconsin” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UW - Madison are $25,523, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#2

University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

$25,295 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Geography Schools for a Master’s in Wisconsin For Those Getting Aid list. Milwaukee, Wisconsin is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s geography degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UWM, the school also landed the #0 spot in our “Best Geography & Cartography Master’s Degree Schools in Wisconsin” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee are $25,295.

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Geography & Cartography in the Great Lakes Region (With Aid)
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Geography & Cartography (With Aid)

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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