by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Science, Tech & Society Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
In 2020-2021, 1,095 people earned their degree in science, technology and society, making the major the 419th most popular in the United States.
Across the Great Lakes region, there were 84 science, technology and society graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 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 picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Science, Tech & Society Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.
The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Science, Tech & Society Major in the Great Lakes Region”.
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 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.
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. Chicago, Illinois is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s science, tech and society degrees to 2 students in 2020-2021.
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%. With a freshman retention rate of 100%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
Read full report on Science, Technology & Society at University of Chicago
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