Duluth, Minnesota · Public
Geography and Environmental Studies at University of Minnesota-Duluth
Read the reported program-share signal, school-wide price, and outcome proxy before comparing peer schools in this field. The enrollment proxy is about 98 students when that share is applied to current enrollment.
Program snapshot
1.3% reported share makes this a focused program signal in federal data.
This major
- Program signal
- 1.3%
- Enrollment proxy
- ~98
- Schools with reported signal
- 37
Admissions
- Acceptance rate (school)
- 88.8%
- Graduation rate
- 64.7%
Cost
- Avg net price (school)
- $18,743/yr
- 4-year cost (est.)
- $74,972
- Median debt
- $22,024
Outcomes
- Median earnings 10y
- $62,616/yr
- ROI grade (school)
- B
College Scorecard reports school-wide earnings and price, not per-major outcomes for individual colleges. Program share is a concentration signal, not a promise of department quality. Use it as a proxy, then verify department-level outcomes with the school.
Value among peer schools
Compared with 37 schools that report this field.
This page treats cost and earnings as school-wide context, not department-level outcomes. The reported share is 2.3x the national average concentration; the school-wide net price is higher than the peer average ($928 above), and ten-year median earnings are lower than the peer average ($671 below). That combination produces a B value grade and a top 62% ROI position within this field set.
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Peer schools below also report a positive program-share signal and are sorted by value grade.
Dalton State College Dalton, GA · 0.7% reported share · $5,012 net A+ University of California-Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA · 0.2% reported share · $12,548 net A+
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL · 0.1% reported share · $14,355 net A University of Washington-Seattle Campus Seattle, WA · 0.3% reported share · $14,091 net A
Brigham Young University Provo, UT · 0.0% reported share · $15,564 net A SUNY Buffalo State University Buffalo, NY · 0.3% reported share · $11,346 net A Questions about this program
How big is the program signal?
Geography and Environmental Studies accounts for 1.3% of reported programs at University of Minnesota-Duluth, which is bigger than 86% of schools in this field set and 2.3x the national average concentration. The enrollment proxy is about 98 students when that share is applied to current enrollment.
How should I read the cost number?
University of Minnesota-Duluth's average net price is $18,743 per year, about $74,972 over four years. That is $928 above the $17,815 peer average, before your own aid package changes the final bill.
Are the earnings major-specific?
No. The $62,616 median earnings figure is school-wide ten years after entry. It is $671 below the $63,287 average among schools reporting this field, so treat it as an outcomes proxy rather than a department guarantee.
What should I compare next?
Start with program share, net price after aid, graduation rate, location, and whether the department publishes placement or licensure outcomes. EduGradify ranks University of Minnesota-Duluth #23 of 37 schools in this field set by school-wide ROI proxy.