2021 Best Geography & Cartography Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Great Lakes Region
9Colleges
516Bachelor's Degrees
$27,432Avg Cost*
Finding the Best Geography & Cartography Schools for Non-Traditional Students
This year's Best Geography & Cartography Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Great Lakes Region ranking analyzed 9 colleges that offered a bachelor's degree in geography. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality geography & cartography programs as well as strong support for students classified as non-traditional.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as affordability, and overall quality of the geography & cartography program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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2021 Best Geography & Cartography Schools for Non-Traditional Students in the Great Lakes Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Geography & Cartography Colleges for Non-Traditional Students.
Best Geography & Cartography Schools for Non-Traditional Students
Michigan State University has taken the #1 spot in this year's geography & cartography ranking for non-traditional students. Michigan State is a fairly large public school located in the city of East Lansing. Michigan State not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #1 on our Best Colleges for Geography & Cartography in the Great Lakes Region list.
The student loan default rate at Michigan State is lower than is typical, just 0.8% of students default in three years. There are approximately 33,526 students at Michigan State that take at least one class online. About 6,517 of the students at Michigan State are attending part time.
University of Wisconsin - Madison comes in at #2 in this year's ranking. Located in the city of Madison, UW - Madison is a public college with a very large student population. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, UW - Madison has also earned the #2 rank in our Best Colleges for Geography & Cartography in the Great Lakes Region ranking.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.2%. Approximately 11,375 students take at least one class online at UW - Madison. 4,683 students are part time.
Ohio State University - Main Campus landed the #3 spot in our 2021 best geography & cartography schools for non-traditional students. Located in the large city of Columbus, Ohio State is a public school with a fairly large student population. Ohio State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Colleges for Geography & Cartography in the Great Lakes Region list.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.2%. There are approximately 42,293 students at Ohio State that take at least one class online. 8,459 students are part time.
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville landed the #4 spot in our 2021 best geography & cartography schools for non-traditional students. SIUE is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Edwardsville. SIUE not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #4 on our Best Colleges for Geography & Cartography in the Great Lakes Region list.
About 2.5% of SIUE students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 7,500 students take at least one class online at SIUE. 3,603 students are part time.
University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire earned the #5 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the small city of Eau Claire, UW - Eau Claire is a public school with a large student population. UW - Eau Claire also took the #6 spot in our Best Colleges for Geography & Cartography in the Great Lakes Region rankings.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.6%. There are approximately 4,571 students at UW - Eau Claire that take at least one class online. About 1,481 of the students at UW - Eau Claire are attending part time.
Our rankings recognize Ball State University as the #6 school in this year's rankings. Located in the city of Muncie, Ball State is a public college with a large student population. Ball State not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #7 on our Best Colleges for Geography & Cartography in the Great Lakes Region list.
The student loan default rate at Ball State is lower than is typical, just 1.9% of students default in three years. Approximately 7,100 students take at least one class online at Ball State. 6,060 students are part time.
Western Michigan University comes in at #7 in this year's ranking. WMU is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Kalamazoo. WMU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #8 on our Best Colleges for Geography & Cartography in the Great Lakes Region list.
About 2.0% of WMU students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 10,416 students at WMU that take at least one class online. About 5,241 of the students at WMU are attending part time.
Our rankings recognize University of Wisconsin - La Crosse as the #8 school in this year's rankings. UW - La Crosse is a large public school located in the city of La Crosse. UW - La Crosse did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best Colleges for Geography & Cartography in the Great Lakes Region list.
About 0.5% of UW - La Crosse students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 4,162 students take at least one class online at UW - La Crosse. About 1,125 of the students at UW - La Crosse are attending part time.
Our rankings recognize Ohio University - Athens Campus as the #9 school in this year's rankings. Located in the town of Athens, OHIO Athens is a public school with a very large student population. OHIO Athens also took the #9 spot in our Best Colleges for Geography & Cartography in the Great Lakes Region rankings.
The student loan default rate at OHIO Athens is lower than is typical, just 1.2% of students default in three years. Approximately 11,926 students take at least one class online at OHIO Athens. There are roughly 7,245 part time students in attendance at OHIO Athens.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*Avg Cost is for the top 9 schools only.
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 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).
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