by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Astronomy Major in Kansas” ranking.
Astronomy & Astrophysics is the 219th most popular major in the country with 1,375 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, astronomy and astrophysics graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $31,221 and had an average of $24,484 in loans still to pay off.
Across Kansas, there were 10 astronomy and astrophysics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 10 astronomy and astrophysics graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,562 and $28,681 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Astronomy Major in Kansas” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in astronomy and astrophysics. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in astronomy and astrophysics.
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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Astronomy Major in Kansas” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Astronomy Major in Kansas”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Benedictine College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Astronomy Major in Kansas list. Benedictine College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Atchison, Kansas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Kansas. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Astronomy Major in Kansas list. KU is a large school located in Lawrence, Kansas that handed out 9 bachelors’s astronomy degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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