Tag: graduate school
2013 Geography Graduate Program Rankings
About a year ago I posted a ranking of top geography programs based on the NRC survey of U.S. doctoral programs. There were some complaints about the rankings, which I suppose is inevitable. Some expressed concern simply because their program of choice wasn’t included. But, a more legitimate thread of concern came from those who [...]
Geospatial Career Q&A with Undergraduate
I recently received the following email from a student nearing graduation with a bachelor’s degree and seeking geospatial career advice. Mr. Holman, You’re obviously a busy guy, so I’ll try not to make this too protracted. I just wanted to say “thank you” for writing your blog.The perspective you have as someone versed in both [...]
Spatial Career Guide is now Required Reading at USC
I was mentioned on Twitter because my post on GIS Software Developer career preparation as part of the Spatial Career series is now required reading for a graduate level GIS class at the University of Southern California. I thought this was pretty cool. I think my PhD advisor was hoping my contribution to the discipline would [...]
Top Geography Departments – Preliminary Survey Results
I’ve now received a grand total of 11 completed surveys. I still need a lot more to achieve some sort of reasonable sample size so please take the survey. In the meantime, here are some preliminary results. The top 5 Geography Departments as submitted by survey participants are (drum roll please): UC Santa Barbara Penn [...]
Big Changes in Geography Department Rankings
Yesterday I posted my Top 20 Geography Department Rankings. There were some big changes since the last time that the NRC produced rankings and I thought it would be interesting to look at how some departments have moved up and down. So, I compared the 1995 rankings with the 2010 rankings and prepared the list [...]
Top 20 Graduate Geography Programs in the U.S.
2013 Rankings are now available! I love lists and, especially, ranked lists. Even though I never seriously considered going to medical school or engineering school I was always very interested to find out which programs were ranked at the top. I routinely read the US News & World Report annual rankings of top colleges and [...]
