2023 Most Well Attended Physics Teacher Education Major in Illinois for a Master’s

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Most Well Attended Physics Teacher Education Major in Illinois for a Master’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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

Across Illinois, there were 1 physics education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 0 physics education graduates with average earnings and debt of $59,317 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Physics Teacher Education Major in Illinois for a Master’s” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in physics education. To top this list, a school must have a successful physics education program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.

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Most Well Attended Physics Teacher Education Major in Illinois for a Master’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for illinois master’s degree physics teacher education students.

Top 2 Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Physics Education in Illinois

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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Champaign, Illinois

#3 overall quality in Illinois

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Physics Teacher Education Major in Illinois for a Master’s list. Located in Champaign, Illinois, this large public school awarded 0 degrees to qualified masters’s physics teacher education students in 2020-2021.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full UIUC Physics Education Report

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DePaul University
Chicago, Illinois

#7 overall quality in Illinois

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Physics Teacher Education Major in Illinois for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, DePaul University landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Chicago, Illinois, and it awarded 0 masters’s physics teacher education degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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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.

Credits

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