2021 Best Geography & Cartography Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Southwest Region
8Colleges
547Bachelor's Degrees
$31,512Avg Cost*
Finding the Best Geography & Cartography Schools for Non-Traditional Students
This year's Best Geography & Cartography Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Southwest Region ranking analyzed 8 colleges that offered a bachelor's degree in geography. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent geography & cartography programs, but they also offer a lot of support to non-traditional students.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the geography & cartography program at the school, affordability, and non-traditional population. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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2021 Best Geography & Cartography Schools for Non-Traditional Students in the Southwest Region
Check out the geography programs at these schools if you want to see which ones are the best for non-traditional students.
Best Geography & Cartography Schools for Non-Traditional Students
Texas A&M University - College Station tops the 2021 list of our schools in the Southwest Region that are best for non-traditional geography & cartography students. Located in the city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public school with a very large student population. Texas A&M College Station did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Colleges for Geography & Cartography in the Southwest Region list.
The student loan default rate at Texas A&M College Station is lower than is typical, just 0.6% of students default in three years. There are approximately 24,343 students at Texas A&M College Station that take at least one class online. 9,943 of Texas A&M College Station students are attending part time.
Arizona State University - Tempe landed the #2 spot in our 2021 best geography & cartography schools for non-traditional students. ASU - Tempe is a very large public school located in the city of Tempe. ASU - Tempe also made our Best Colleges for Geography & Cartography in the Southwest Region list, coming in at #3.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.5%. Approximately 37,856 students take at least one class online at ASU - Tempe. There are roughly 8,480 part time students in attendance at ASU - Tempe.
Texas State University landed the #3 spot in our 2021 best geography & cartography schools for non-traditional students. Located in the small city of San Marcos, Texas State is a public school with a very large student population. Texas State not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #5 on our Best Colleges for Geography & Cartography in the Southwest Region list.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 2.0%. There are approximately 21,921 students at Texas State that take at least one class online. 8,642 of Texas State students are attending part time.
The University of Texas at Austin landed the #4 spot in our 2021 best geography & cartography schools for non-traditional students. UT Austin is a very large public school located in the large city of Austin. UT Austin also made our Best Colleges for Geography & Cartography in the Southwest Region list, coming in at #1.
About 0.8% of UT Austin students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 23,198 students take at least one class online at UT Austin. About 3,479 of the students at UT Austin are attending part time.
University of North Texas earned the #5 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the medium-sized city of Denton, UNT is a public school with a fairly large student population. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, UNT has also earned the #7 rank in our Best Colleges for Geography & Cartography in the Southwest Region ranking.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.8%. Approximately 20,194 students take at least one class online at UNT. 12,105 of UNT students are attending part time.
University of Arizona comes in at #6 in this year's ranking. Located in the city of Tucson, University of Arizona is a public college with a very large student population. University of Arizona not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #4 on our Best Colleges for Geography & Cartography in the Southwest Region list.
About 1.6% of University of Arizona students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 18,254 students take at least one class online at University of Arizona. 12,642 of University of Arizona students are attending part time.
Sam Houston State University comes in at #7 in this year's ranking. SHSU is a very large public school located in the distant town of Huntsville. SHSU also made our Best Colleges for Geography & Cartography in the Southwest Region list, coming in at #9.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.2%. Approximately 8,795 students take at least one class online at SHSU. 6,353 students are part time.
University of Oklahoma Norman Campus landed the #8 spot in our 2021 best geography & cartography schools for non-traditional students. Located in the midsize suburb of Norman, University of Oklahoma is a public college with a very large student population. University of Oklahoma also made our Best Colleges for Geography & Cartography in the Southwest Region list, coming in at #6.
About 1.2% of University of Oklahoma students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 12,433 students take at least one class online at University of Oklahoma. About 6,082 of the students at University of Oklahoma are attending part time.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*Avg Cost is for the top 8 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).
