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2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Astronomy Major in the Rocky Mountains Region

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10 Degrees Awarded
$39,900 Avg Cost*
Schools for a Master's Highly Focused on Astronomy Major in the Rocky Mountains Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Astronomy Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 the Rocky Mountains region, there were 85 astronomy and astrophysics graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,212 and $22,422 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 10 astronomy and astrophysics graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,301 and $0 respectively.

This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in astronomy and astrophysics.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Astronomy Major in the Rocky Mountains Region

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

Top 1 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Astronomy & Astrophysics in the Rocky Mountains Region

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Out of the 1 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Astronomy Major in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Colorado Boulder landed the #1 spot on the list. CU - Boulder is a large public school situated in Boulder, Colorado. It awarded 10 masters’s astronomy degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.4% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

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