Most Popular Schools for Geographic Information Science and Cartography Major & Degree Program

A program that focuses on the systematic study of map-making and the application of mathematical, computer, and other techniques to the analysis of large amounts of geographic data and the science of mapping geographic information. Includes instruction in cartographic theory and map projections, computer-assisted cartography, geographic information systems, map design and layout, photogrammetry, air photo interpretation, remote sensing, spatial analysis, geodesy, cartographic editing, and applications to specific industrial, commercial, research, and governmental mapping problems.

Rank	School Name	Students	% of Total	Total On-Campus Cost
1	University of Denver	107	3%	$67,656
2	Texas State University	82	1%	$23,130
3	University of Maryland-College Park	81	1%	$27,146
4	University of Southern California	71	0%	$74,825
5	Florida Atlantic University	64	1%	$24,235
6	Oregon State University	60	1%	$26,892
7	The University of Texas at Dallas	54	1%	$29,286
8	University of California-Santa Barbara	51	1%	$36,659
9	University of Utah	49	1%	$24,472
10	Texas A & M University-College Station	46	0%	$29,506
11	Ohio State University-Main Campus	42	0%	$27,367
12	Temple University	42	0%	$33,004
13	Lone Star College System	39	0%	$4,150
14	University of North Alabama	34	2%	$22,112
15	Arizona State University-Tempe	33	0%	$28,048
16	Northwest Missouri State University	32	2%	$19,751
17	Florida State University	31	0%	$22,168
18	Clark University	31	3%	$56,650
19	Johns Hopkins University	29	0%	$71,901
20	Front Range Community College	28	1%	$5,786
21	Grand Valley State University	27	0%	$24,948
22	Minnesota State University-Mankato	27	1%	$20,482
23	College of Southern Idaho	25	2%	$14,098
24	University of Arizona	25	0%	$29,217
25	University at Buffalo	25	0%	$27,758
26	Eastern Kentucky University	24	1%	$23,706
27	Binghamton University	24	1%	$26,866
28	California State University-Long Beach	23	0%	$24,738
29	Itasca Community College	23	8%	$17,147
30	Virginia Commonwealth University	22	0%	$32,041
31	University of Wisconsin-Madison	21	0%	$26,025
32	University of Central Arkansas	20	1%	$22,563
33	Casper College	20	3%	$13,132
34	University of Missouri-Kansas City	20	1%	$24,116
35	Saint Mary's University of Minnesota	19	1%	$47,290
36	Eastern Washington University	19	1%	$23,011
37	University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire	19	1%	$20,349
38	Eastern Michigan University	19	0%	$26,196
39	Southeast Community College Area	19	1%	$13,028
40	Portland State University	18	0%	$26,085
41	Plymouth State University	18	1%	$28,950
42	Radford University	18	1%	$24,088
43	University of Pennsylvania	17	0%	$74,408
44	Rowan University	17	0%	$32,099
45	University of Redlands	17	1%	$68,922
46	Ohio University-Main Campus	16	0%	$28,986
47	University of Georgia	16	0%	$26,688
48	University of Washington-Tacoma Campus	16	1%	$26,978
49	University of Minnesota-Twin Cities	16	0%	$27,898
50	United States Military Academy	16	2%	N/A
51	Columbus State Community College	16	0%	$5,813
52	University of Kentucky	16	0%	$30,101
53	CUNY Lehman College	15	0%	$27,857
54	George Mason University	15	0%	$30,284
55	Mitchell Technical Institute	15	3%	$7,822
56	Austin Community College District	15	0%	$3,750
57	Northern Arizona University	14	0%	$27,266
58	George Washington University	14	0%	$71,930
59	University of Cincinnati-Main Campus	13	0%	$27,476
60	University of North Georgia	13	0%	$20,492
61	Northern Michigan University	13	1%	$24,187
62	University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus	12	0%	$29,097
63	University of Rhode Island	12	0%	$30,351
64	Iowa State University	12	0%	$21,186
65	Roane State Community College	12	1%	$5,943
66	American Sentinel University	12	2%	$11,340
67	West Chester University of Pennsylvania	12	0%	$27,074
68	Collin County Community College District	12	0%	$3,004
69	University of Maryland-Baltimore County	11	0%	$28,058
70	University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus	11	0%	$29,357
71	University of Memphis	11	0%	$25,423
72	University of Akron Main Campus	11	0%	$27,279
73	Western Kentucky University	11	0%	$21,840
74	Brookhaven College	11	1%	$3,770
75	Michigan Technological University	10	1%	$29,969
76	SUNY Cortland	10	1%	$25,220
77	Salem State University	10	0%	$27,384
78	Kansas State University	10	0%	$24,923
79	Murray State University	9	0%	$23,472
80	Houston Community College	9	0%	$3,882
81	University of Michigan-Dearborn	9	0%	$14,230
82	Kennesaw State University	9	0%	$25,773
83	Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis	9	0%	$22,537
84	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	9	0%	$30,102
85	University of Mary Washington	9	1%	$28,626
86	Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus	9	0%	$28,776
87	Minnesota State University Moorhead	8	1%	$21,996
88	East Central University	8	1%	$18,292
89	Central Oregon Community College	8	1%	$19,929
90	University of Minnesota-Duluth	8	0%	$24,614
91	Central Wyoming College	8	3%	$13,501
92	California State University-East Bay	8	0%	$25,143
93	Tarrant County College District	8	0%	$3,266
94	Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania	8	0%	$25,147
95	Juniata College	8	2%	$60,368
96	Lane Community College	7	0%	$17,724
97	Georgia State University	7	0%	$26,014
98	Brigham Young University-Provo	7	0%	$18,776
99	Marshall University	7	0%	$21,969
100	SUNY at Albany	7	0%	$26,734

This list indicates the number of students that completed the Geographic Information Science and Cartography program at the schools above.
It is not necessarily an indicator of academic rigor or quality of education.
Note that some schools do not have enough data to be ranked, and these schools will not appear in our lists.