2022 Most Popular Doctor's Degree Colleges for Geography & Cartography in Illinois

A doctor's degree in geography and cartography is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #76 out of 295 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

For its 2022 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in Illinois to determine which ones were the most popular for geography and cartography students pursuing a doctor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 10 doctor's degrees in geography and cartography during the 2019-2020 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Geography & Cartography School for Your Doctor's Degree

The geography doctor's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. One of the reasons we created our Most Popular Doctor's Degree Colleges for Geography & Cartography in Illinois ranking is to help you make that choice.

A high popularity ranking isn't always a sign that a school has a great overall quality ranking for geography and cartography, but it does mean that many students are choosing the school for some reason. Sometimes this is because the school offers a great educational experience, it is a good value, or it is highly focused on the program.

One Size Does Not Fit All

We have also developed a number of other rankings to help guide you in your decision-making process. To begin with, if this is not the degree level you are most interested in, you may want to check out one of the others noted above. If you would prefer to limit your search to a specific state or region of the county, see our rankings by location. On top of that, you can visit our other rankings for geography and cartography.

Most Popular Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Geography & Cartography in Illinois

The following list ranks the most popular colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in geography and cartography.

Most Well Attended Schools for Geography Students Working on Their Doctorate

1

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Champaign, IL

10 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#1 Best Quality In IL

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

Every student who is interested in a doctor's degree in geography and cartography has to take a look at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Located in the small city of Champaign, UIUC is a public university with a fairly large student population. This isn't the only ranking where the school placed. It's also #1 in quality for doctor's degrees in geography and cartography in Illinois.

There were roughly 10 geography and cartography individuals who graduated with this degree at UIUC in the most recent data year.

More information about a doctorate in geography and cartography from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

2

Northern Illinois University
Dekalb, IL

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

Northern Illinois University is one of the most popular schools in the United States for getting a doctor's degree in geography and cartography. NIU is a fairly large public university located in the suburb of Dekalb. More information about a doctorate in geography and cartography from Northern Illinois University

2

Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Carbondale, IL

Every student pursuing a degree in a doctor's degree in geography and cartography needs to check out Southern Illinois University Carbondale. Located in the small city of Carbondale, SIUC is a public university with a fairly large student population. More information about a doctorate in geography and cartography from Southern Illinois University Carbondale

Best Geography & Cartography Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Most Popular Geography & Cartography Schools in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Michigan	149	4
Ohio	144	10
Indiana	130	3
Wisconsin	104	12

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Rankings in Majors Related to Geography

One of 12 majors within the Social Sciences area of study, Geography & Cartography has other similar majors worth exploring.

Geography Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Geography	10

Most Popular Majors Related to Geography

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Economics	95
Political Science & Government	39
Sociology	37
Anthropology	32
Criminology	5
General Social Sciences	2

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Couleur. More about our data sources and methodologies.