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

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Most Well Attended Science, Tech & Society Major in the Southwest Region for a Master’s” ranking.

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 the Southwest region, there were 45 science, technology and society graduates with average earnings and debt of $54,539 and $28,750 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 14 science, technology and society graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,204 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Well Attended Science, Tech & Society Major in the Southwest Region for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in science, technology and society. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have one of the most popular science, technology and society programs in the United States.

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Most Well Attended Science, Tech & Society Major in the Southwest Region for a Master’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Science, Tech & Society Major in the Southwest Region for a Master’s”.

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

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Arizona State University - Tempe
Tempe, Arizona

#14 overall quality in Southwest

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Arizona State University - Tempe. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Science, Tech & Society Major in the Southwest Region for a Master’s list. This large school is located in Tempe, Arizona, and it awarded 14 masters’s science, tech and society degrees in 2020-2021.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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Arizona State University - Skysong
Scottsdale, Arizona

Top 20% overall quality in Southwest

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Arizona State University - Skysong. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Science, Tech & Society Major in the Southwest Region for a Master’s list. This large school is located in Scottsdale, Arizona, and it awarded 0 masters’s science, tech and society 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%.

Full ASU - Skysong Science, Technology & Society Report

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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.