by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Astronomy Major in Hawaii” ranking - to help you make that decision.
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 Hawaii, there were 19 astronomy and astrophysics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 4 astronomy and astrophysics graduates with average earnings and debt of $51,867 and $0 respectively.
This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in astronomy and astrophysics.
Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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 Master’s Highly Focused on Astronomy Major in Hawaii” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
To further help you make the college decision, we’ve developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. If you’re torn between two schools, you can use it to help you see how they stack up against one another. Bookmark it so you can compare any new schools that might interest you.
The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Astronomy Major in Hawaii”.
Out of the 1 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Astronomy Major in Hawaii that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Hawaii at Manoa landed the #1 spot on the list. UH Manoa is a fairly large public school situated in Honolulu, Hawaii. It awarded 4 masters’s astronomy degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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