by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Physiology Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 8,813 people earned their degree in physiology and pathology sciences, making the major the 88th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, physiology and pathology sciences graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $29,932 and had an average of $23,672 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Rocky Mountains region, there were 1,052 physiology and pathology sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $24,296 and $17,812 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 36 physiology and pathology sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,301 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Physiology Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in physiology and pathology sciences. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their physiology and pathology sciences program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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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 “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Physiology Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” list to help you make the college decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for rocky mountains region master’s degree physiology students.
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Physiology Major in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Western Colorado University landed the #1 spot on the list. Western Colorado University is a small school located in Gunnison, Colorado that handed out 4 masters’s physiology degrees in 2020-2021.
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Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Physiology Major in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Colorado Boulder landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Boulder, Colorado, this large public school awarded 25 diplomas to qualified masters’s physiology students in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Physiology & Pathology Sciences at CU - Boulder
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Montana. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Physiology Major in the Rocky Mountains Region. UM is a fairly large public school situated in Missoula, Montana. It awarded 4 masters’s physiology degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Utah. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Physiology Major in the Rocky Mountains Region. This large school is located in Salt Lake City, Utah, and it awarded 2 masters’s physiology degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Physiology & Pathology Sciences at University of Utah
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Brigham Young University - Provo. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Physiology Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in Provo, Utah, this large private not-for-profit school awarded 1 diplomas to qualified masters’s physiology students in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.3% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
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