2023 Most Popular Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Science, Technology & Society in the Southeast Region

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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 Southeast region, there were 260 science, technology and society graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,827 and $21,260 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 12 science, technology and society graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,087 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Well Attended Science, Tech & Society Major in the Southeast Region for a Doctorate” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in science, technology and society. To top this list, a school must have a successful science, technology and society program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.

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Most Well Attended Science, Tech & Society Major in the Southeast Region for a Doctorate

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region doctor’s degree science, tech & society students.

Top 2 Most Popular Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Science, Technology & Society in the Southeast Region

1

George Mason University
Fairfax, Virginia

Top 20% overall quality in Southeast

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Science, Tech & Society Major in the Southeast Region for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, George Mason University landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Fairfax, Virginia, and it awarded 9 doctorate’s science, tech and society degrees in 2020-2021.

With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.5% 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 George Mason University

2

Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, Virginia

#7 overall quality in Southeast

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Virginia Tech. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Science, Tech & Society Major in the Southeast Region for a Doctorate list. This large school is located in Blacksburg, Virginia, and it awarded 3 doctorate’s science, tech and society degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.2% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Read more about Science, Technology & Society at Virginia Tech

• Most Popular Doctor’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.