2023 Best Geography & Cartography Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in Idaho
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When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in Idaho for Geography for an Associate” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Geography & Cartography is the 110th most popular major in the country with 8,526 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, geography and cartography graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $38,604 and had an average of $22,522 in loans still to pay off.
Across Idaho, there were 65 geography and cartography graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,965 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 1 geography and cartography graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,761 and $18,399 respectively.
This ranking identifies schools with high-quality geography and cartography programs as well as strong veteran support.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the geography and cartography program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Most Veteran Friendly in Idaho for Geography for an Associate” list to help you make the college decision.
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Most Veteran Friendly in Idaho for Geography for an Associate
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Idaho for Geography for an Associate”.
Top 1 Best Geography & Cartography Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in Idaho
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Idaho for Geography for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, College of Western Idaho landed the #1 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Nampa, Idaho, and it awarded 1 associates’s geography degrees in 2020-2021.
CWI did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Geography & Cartography Associate Degree Schools in Idaho” list.Of the 10,200 students enrolled at College of Western Idaho, 406 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 213 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $2,155. During this same period, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
[Read full report on veteran student life at CWI]](/colleges/college-of-western-idaho/student-life/veterans/)
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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).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- 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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- 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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