2023 Most Well Attended Natural Sciences Major in the Plains States Region 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 Natural Sciences Major in the Plains States 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 Plains States region, there were 163 natural sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 12 natural sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,401 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Natural Sciences Major in the Plains States Region for a Master’s” ranking analyzed 2 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.

See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Most Well Attended Natural Sciences Major in the Plains States Region for a Master’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Natural Sciences Major in the Plains States Region for a Master’s”.

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

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Missouri State University - Springfield
Springfield, Missouri

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Natural Sciences Major in the Plains States Region for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Missouri State University - Springfield landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Springfield, Missouri, this large public school handed out 11 diplomas to qualified masters’s natural sciences students in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Natural Sciences at Missouri State University - Springfield

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Lincoln University
Jefferson City, Missouri

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Natural Sciences Major in the Plains States Region for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Lincoln University landed the #2 spot on the list. This small school is located in Jefferson City, Missouri, and it awarded 1 masters’s natural sciences degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Natural Sciences at Lincoln University

• Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Natural Sciences

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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