2023 Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Nanotechnology
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It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Most Well Attended Nanotech Major for a Master’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
In 2020-2021, 114 people earned their degree in nanotechnology, making the major the 965th most popular in the United States.
At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 68 nanotechnology graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,425 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Nanotech Major for a Master’s” ranking looked at 9 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in nanotechnology. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in nanotechnology.
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Most Well Attended Nanotech Major for a Master’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for master’s degree nanotech students.
Top 9 Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Nanotechnology
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Pennsylvania. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Nanotech Major for a Master’s list. Located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, this large private not-for-profit school handed out 19 diplomas to qualified masters’s nanotech students in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 95%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
Full University of Pennsylvania Nanotechnology Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Central Florida. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Nanotech Major for a Master’s. Orlando, Florida is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s nanotech degrees to 18 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%.
Read full report on Nanotechnology at UCF
Out of the 9 schools in the Most Well Attended Nanotech Major for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Washington - Seattle Campus landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Seattle, Washington, this large public school handed out 11 degrees to qualified masters’s nanotech students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%.
Read more about Nanotechnology at UW Seattle
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Rice University. The school came in at #4 for the Most Well Attended Nanotech Major for a Master’s. Rice University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Houston, Texas. It awarded 10 masters’s nanotech degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Rice Nanotechnology Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Arizona State University - Tempe. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Nanotech Major for a Master’s list. Arizona State University - Tempe is located in Tempe, Arizona and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 3 masters’s nanotech degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.
Full ASU - Tempe Nanotechnology Report
South Dakota School of Mines and Technology ranked #6 on this year’s Most Well Attended Nanotech Major for a Master’s list. Rapid City, South Dakota is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s nanotech degrees to 2 students 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%.
Read full report on Nanotechnology at South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
Indiana University of Pennsylvania - Main Campus ranked #7 on this year’s Most Well Attended Nanotech Major for a Master’s list. Located in Indiana, Pennsylvania, this medium-sized public school handed out 1 degrees to qualified masters’s nanotech students in 2020-2021.
Read more about Nanotechnology at Indiana University of Pennsylvania - Main Campus
Stevens Institute of Technology did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Nanotech Major for a Master’s ranking, coming in at #8. Located in Hoboken, New Jersey, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 0 degrees to qualified masters’s nanotech students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read more about Nanotechnology at Stevens Institute of Technology
University of Denver did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Nanotech Major for a Master’s ranking, coming in at #8. Located in Denver, Colorado, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 0 diplomas to qualified masters’s nanotech students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.6% 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%.
Read full report on Nanotechnology at University of Denver
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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
- *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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