by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Well Attended Natural Sciences Major in the Southwest Region for a Master’s” ranking - to help you make that decision.
Natural Sciences is the 208th most popular major in the country with 2,214 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, natural sciences graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $25,745 and had an average of $18,648 in loans still to pay off.
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. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in natural sciences.
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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. This large school is located in El Paso, Texas, and it awarded 9 masters’s natural sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Arizona State University - Tempe. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Natural Sciences Major in the Southwest Region for a Master’s 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 undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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. Tahlequah, Oklahoma is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s natural sciences degrees to 4 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.7% 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%.
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.
With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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 large public school situated in Stillwater, Oklahoma. It awarded 2 masters’s natural sciences 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. 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%.
Full Oklahoma State University - Main Campus Natural Sciences Report
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