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. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Well Attended Astrophysical Sciences Major in the Southeast Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.
Astrophysics is the 598th most popular major in the country with 460 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Southeast region, there were 7 astrophysics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Astrophysical Sciences Major in the Southeast Region” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in astrophysics. To top this list, a school must have a successful astrophysics program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.
See our ranking methodology to learn more.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Well Attended Astrophysical Sciences Major in the Southeast Region” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Astrophysical Sciences Major in the Southeast Region”.
Out of the 3 schools in the Most Well Attended Astrophysical Sciences Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Agnes Scott College landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in Decatur, Georgia, and it awarded 5 ’s astrophysical sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Vanderbilt University. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Astrophysical Sciences Major in the Southeast Region. This fairly large school is located in Nashville, Tennessee, and it awarded 2 ’s astrophysical sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 96%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Oglethorpe University. The school came in at #3 for the Most Well Attended Astrophysical Sciences Major in the Southeast Region. Atlanta, Georgia is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out ’s astrophysical sciences degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.
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