2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Planetary Astronomy and Science Major in the Southeast Region

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In 2020-2021, 55 people earned their degree in planetary astronomy and science, making the major the 1082nd most popular in the United States.

Across the Southeast region, there were 5 planetary astronomy and science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 3 planetary astronomy and science graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,087 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Planetary Astronomy and Science Major in the Southeast Region” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in planetary astronomy and science. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in planetary astronomy and science.

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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Planetary Astronomy and Science Major in the Southeast Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region doctor’s degree planetary astronomy and science students.

Top 2 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Planetary Astronomy & Science in the Southeast Region

1

Hampton University
Hampton, Virginia

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Planetary Astronomy and Science Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Hampton University landed the #1 spot on the list. Hampton is located in Hampton, Virginia and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 doctorate’s planetary astronomy and science degrees to qualified students.

Read more about Planetary Astronomy & Science at Hampton University

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University of Arkansas
Fayetteville, Arkansas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Arkansas. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Planetary Astronomy and Science Major in the Southeast Region list. Located in Fayetteville, Arkansas, this large public school handed out 2 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s planetary astronomy and science students in 2020-2021.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Planetary Astronomy & Science at UARK

• Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Planetary Astronomy & Science

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.