by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Science, Tech & Society Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Science, Technology & Society is the 232nd most popular major in the country with 1,095 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, science, technology and society graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $41,177 and had an average of $22,529 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Great Lakes region, there were 84 science, technology and society graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,720 and $27,000 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 0 science, technology and society graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,892 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Science, Tech & Society Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in science, technology and society. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in science, technology and society.
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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Science, Tech & Society Major in the Great Lakes Region” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region master’s degree science, tech & society students.
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Science, Tech & Society Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Eastern Michigan University landed the #1 spot on the list. Eastern Michigan University is a public institution located in Ypsilanti, Michigan. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 0 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Science, Technology & Society at Eastern Michigan University
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Science, Tech & Society Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Chicago landed the #1 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Chicago, Illinois, and it awarded 2 masters’s science, tech and society degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 100%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.0% 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%.
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