2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Science, Technology & Society in Pennsylvania

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In 2020-2021, 1,095 people earned their degree in science, technology and society, making the major the 232nd most popular in the United States. 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 Pennsylvania, there were 27 science, technology and society graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 1 science, technology and society graduates with average earnings and debt of $64,136 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Science, Tech & Society Major in Pennsylvania” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in science, technology and society. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their science, technology and society program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Science, Tech & Society Major in Pennsylvania

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Science, Tech & Society Major in Pennsylvania”.

Top 2 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Science, Technology & Society in Pennsylvania

1

Drexel University
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

#12 overall quality in Pennsylvania

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Science, Tech & Society Major in Pennsylvania that were part of this year’s ranking, Drexel University landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 1 masters’s science, tech and society degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.9%, 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 88%.

Read more about Science, Technology & Society at Drexel

2

Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

#2 overall quality in Pennsylvania

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Carnegie Mellon University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Science, Tech & Society Major in Pennsylvania. This fairly large school is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 4 masters’s science, tech and society degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 96%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.7% 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%.

Read more about Science, Technology & Society at Carnegie Mellon University

• Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Science, Technology & Society in the Middle Atlantic Region
• Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Science, Technology & Society

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.