by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Astronomy Major in the Southeast Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this 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 the Southeast region, there were 131 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 $55,213 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Astronomy Major in the Southeast Region” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in astronomy and astrophysics. That schools that top this list have a program in astronomy and astrophysics in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Astronomy Major in the Southeast Region”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Florida Institute of Technology. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Astronomy Major in the Southeast Region. Melbourne, Florida is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s astronomy degrees to 1 students in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Virginia - Main Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Astronomy Major in the Southeast Region list. University of Virginia - Main Campus is a large school located in Charlottesville, Virginia that handed out 3 masters’s astronomy degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Arkansas. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Astronomy Major in the Southeast Region list. UARK is a large school located in Fayetteville, Arkansas that handed out 2 masters’s astronomy degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Astronomy Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Hampton University landed the #3 spot on the list. This small school is located in Hampton, Virginia, and it awarded 1 masters’s astronomy degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Florida. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Astronomy Major in the Southeast Region. University of Florida is a large school located in Gainesville, Florida that handed out 28 masters’s astronomy degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.7% 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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