2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Systems Theory in the Southwest Region

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Systems Theory is the 254th most popular major in the country with 884 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, systems theory graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $56,499 and had an average of $25,697 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southwest region, there were 2 systems theory graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 2 systems theory graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,204 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Systems Theory Major in the Southwest Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in systems theory. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in systems theory.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Systems Theory Major in the Southwest Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Systems Theory Major in the Southwest Region”.

Top 2 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Systems Theory in the Southwest Region

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Rice University
Houston, Texas

#1 overall quality in Southwest

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Rice University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Systems Theory Major in the Southwest Region. Rice University is located in Houston, Texas and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 2 masters’s systems theory degrees to qualified students.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Rice Systems Theory Report

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Arizona State University - Tempe
Tempe, Arizona

#14 overall quality in Southwest

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Systems Theory Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Arizona State University - Tempe landed the #2 spot on the list. ASU - Tempe is a large public school situated in Tempe, Arizona. It awarded 0 masters’s systems theory 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.

Read full report on Systems Theory at Arizona State University - Tempe

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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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Hiroki Sayama, D.Sc..