by our College Data Analytics Team
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 Natural Sciences Major in the Southwest Region for a Master’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
In 2020-2021, 2,214 people earned their degree in natural sciences, making the major the 345th most popular in the United States.
Across the Southwest region, there were 941 natural sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 24 natural sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,204 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Natural Sciences Major in the Southwest Region for a Master’s” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in natural sciences. To top this list, a school must have a successful natural sciences program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.
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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Well Attended Natural Sciences Major in the Southwest Region for a Master’s” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Natural Sciences Major in the Southwest Region for a Master’s”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Texas at El Paso. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Natural Sciences Major in the Southwest Region for a Master’s. UTEP is a public institution located in El Paso, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 9 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 5 schools in the Most Well Attended Natural Sciences Major in the Southwest Region for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Arizona State University - Tempe landed the #2 spot on the list. Arizona State University - Tempe is a large public school situated in Tempe, Arizona. It awarded 6 masters’s natural sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
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%.
Out of the 5 schools in the Most Well Attended Natural Sciences Major in the Southwest Region for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Northeastern State University landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, this medium-sized public school awarded 4 degrees to qualified masters’s natural sciences 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%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Arizona. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Natural Sciences Major in the Southwest Region for a Master’s list. University of Arizona is a public institution located in Tucson, Arizona. The school has a large population, and it awarded 3 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read full report on Natural Sciences at University of Arizona
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Oklahoma State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #5 for the Most Well Attended Natural Sciences Major in the Southwest Region for a Master’s. Oklahoma State University - Main Campus is a public institution located in Stillwater, Oklahoma. The school has a large population, and it awarded 2 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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 2.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Natural Sciences at Oklahoma State University - Main Campus
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