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2022 Best Value Geography Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut For Those Getting Aid

2 Ranked Colleges
11 Degrees Awarded
$33,800 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Geography Schools for a Master's in Connecticut For Those Getting Aid

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Geography Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut For Those Getting Aid” ranking.

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 Connecticut, there were 56 geography and cartography graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $24,066 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 11 geography and cartography graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,793 and $40,407 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Geography Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut 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.

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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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

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

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

#1

Central Connecticut State University

New Britain, Connecticut
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Central Connecticut State University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Geography Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut For Those Getting Aid. Central Connecticut State University is a fairly large public school situated in New Britain, Connecticut. It awarded 9 masters’s geography degrees in 2019-2020.

CCSU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Geography & Cartography Master’s Degree Schools in Connecticut” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at CCSU are $26,072, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full CCSU Geography & Cartography Report

#2

University of Connecticut

Storrs, Connecticut

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Connecticut. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Geography Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut For Those Getting Aid. Storrs, Connecticut is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s geography degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

UCONN also made our “Best Geography & Cartography Master’s Degree Schools in Connecticut” list, coming in at #0. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Connecticut are $41,576, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full UCONN Geography & Cartography Report

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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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