2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Natural Sciences in the Plains States Region

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In 2021-2022, 2,514 people earned their degree in natural sciences, making the major the 345th most popular in the United States.

Across the Plains States region, there were 164 natural sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 6 natural sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,858 and $37,352 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Natural Sciences Major in the Plains States Region” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in natural sciences. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in natural sciences.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Natural Sciences Major in the Plains States Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region master’s degree natural sciences students.

Top 2 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Natural Sciences in the Plains States Region

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Lincoln University
Jefferson City, Missouri

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Natural Sciences Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Lincoln University landed the #1 spot on the list. Lincoln University is a small public school situated in Jefferson City, Missouri. It awarded 0 masters’s natural sciences degrees in 2021-2022.

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%.

Full Lincoln University Natural Sciences Report

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Missouri State University - Springfield
Springfield, Missouri

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Missouri State University - Springfield. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Natural Sciences Major in the Plains States Region. Missouri State University - Springfield is located in Springfield, Missouri and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 6 masters’s natural sciences degrees to qualified students.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.8% 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%.

Full Missouri State University - Springfield Natural Sciences Report

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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