2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Physics Teacher Education Major in the Far Western US Region

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In 2020-2021, 152 people earned their degree in physics education, making the major the 883rd most popular in the United States.

Across the Far Western US region, there were 4 physics education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 1 physics education graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,693 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Physics Teacher Education Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in physics education. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their physics education program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Physics Teacher Education Major in the Far Western US Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for far western us region master’s degree physics teacher education students.

Top 3 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Physics Education in the Far Western US Region

1

Stanford University
Stanford, California

#1 overall quality in Far Western US

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Stanford University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Physics Teacher Education Major in the Far Western US Region list. Located in Stanford, California, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 1 degrees to qualified masters’s physics teacher education students in 2020-2021.

The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 4 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Physics Education at Stanford

2

Lewis & Clark College
Portland, Oregon

Top 25% overall quality in Far Western US

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Physics Teacher Education Major in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Lewis & Clark College landed the #2 spot on the list. This small school is located in Portland, Oregon, and it awarded 0 masters’s physics teacher education degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Lewis and Clark College Physics Education Report

2

Western Oregon University
Monmouth, Oregon

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Physics Teacher Education Major in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Western Oregon University landed the #2 spot on the list. Western Oregon State College is a small public school situated in Monmouth, Oregon. It awarded 0 masters’s physics teacher education degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Western Oregon University Physics Education Report

• Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Physics Education

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).
• 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

Footnotes

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
• 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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