2023 Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Natural Sciences in the Rocky Mountains Region
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When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Well Attended Natural Sciences Major in the Rocky Mountains Region for a Master’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Natural Sciences is the 345th most popular major in the country with 2,214 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Rocky Mountains region, there were 52 natural sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 17 natural sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,301 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Well Attended Natural Sciences Major in the Rocky Mountains Region for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in natural sciences. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in natural sciences.
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Most Well Attended Natural Sciences Major in the Rocky Mountains Region for a Master’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for rocky mountains region master’s degree natural sciences students.
Top 2 Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Natural Sciences in the Rocky Mountains Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Colorado State University - Fort Collins. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Natural Sciences Major in the Rocky Mountains Region for a Master’s list. Colorado State is located in Fort Collins, Colorado and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 11 masters’s natural sciences degrees to qualified students.
With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Natural Sciences at Colorado State
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Natural Sciences Major in the Rocky Mountains Region for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Wyoming landed the #2 spot on the list. UW is a public institution located in Laramie, Wyoming. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 6 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Natural Sciences at University of Wyoming
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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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