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

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Geography Schools for a Master’s in Idaho For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Idaho, there were 70 geography and cartography graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 5 geography and cartography graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,676 and $37,720 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Geography Schools for a Master’s in Idaho For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in geography and cartography. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality geography and cartography programs that also have a lower cost than 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 Value Geography Schools for a Master’s in Idaho For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for idaho master’s degree geography students with aid.

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

#1

Idaho State University

Pocatello, Idaho

#1 in overall quality

$26,548 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Geography Schools for a Master’s in Idaho For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Idaho State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Pocatello, Idaho is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s geography degrees to 4 students in 2019-2020.

ISU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Geography & Cartography Master’s Degree Schools in Idaho” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Idaho State University are $26,548.

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#2

University of Idaho

Moscow, Idaho

$29,112 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Idaho. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Geography Schools for a Master’s in Idaho For Those Getting Aid list. U of I is a fairly large public school situated in Moscow, Idaho. It awarded 1 masters’s geography degrees in 2019-2020.

U of I not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #0 on our “Best Geography & Cartography Master’s Degree Schools in Idaho” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at U of I are $29,112, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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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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