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2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Astronomy & Astrophysics in the Southwest Region

6 Ranked Colleges
20 Degrees Awarded
$32,600 Avg Cost*
Schools for a Master's Highly Focused on Astronomy Major in the Southwest Region

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 Southwest Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2020-2021, 1,375 people earned their degree in astronomy and astrophysics, making the major the 219th most popular in the United States. 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 Southwest region, there were 119 astronomy and astrophysics graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,770 and $25,982 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 20 astronomy and astrophysics graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,204 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Astronomy Major in the Southwest Region” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Astronomy Major in the Southwest Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region master’s degree astronomy students.

Top 6 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Astronomy & Astrophysics in the Southwest Region

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University of Arizona
Tucson, Arizona

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Arizona. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Astronomy Major in the Southwest Region. University of Arizona is a large school located in Tucson, Arizona that handed out 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.

Read more about Astronomy & Astrophysics at University of Arizona

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New Mexico State University - Main Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Astronomy Major in the Southwest Region list. New Mexico State University - Main Campus is a fairly large school located in Las Cruces, New Mexico that handed out 2 masters’s astronomy degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Astronomy & Astrophysics at New Mexico State University - Main Campus

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Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Astronomy Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas at Austin landed the #3 spot on the list. Austin, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s astronomy degrees to 4 students in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%.

Full UT Austin Astronomy & Astrophysics Report

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas A&M University - College Station. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Astronomy Major in the Southwest Region list. Texas A&M University - College Station is a public institution located in College Station, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 3 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%.

Read full report on Astronomy & Astrophysics at Texas A&M College Station

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Arizona State University - Tempe. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Astronomy Major in the Southwest Region. Arizona State University - Tempe is a large school located in Tempe, Arizona that handed out 1 masters’s astronomy degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.

Full ASU - Tempe Astronomy & Astrophysics Report

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Northern Arizona University
Flagstaff, Arizona

Northern Arizona University ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Astronomy Major in the Southwest Region list. Located in Flagstaff, Arizona, this large public school handed out 4 degrees to qualified masters’s astronomy students in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Astronomy & Astrophysics at Northern Arizona University

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