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 Master’s Highly Focused on Meteorology Major in the New England Region” ranking.
In 2020-2021, 1,140 people earned their degree in atmospheric sciences and meteorology, making the major the 227th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, atmospheric sciences and meteorology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $35,965 and had an average of $23,086 in loans still to pay off.
Across the New England region, there were 49 atmospheric sciences and meteorology graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,519 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 11 atmospheric sciences and meteorology graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,899 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Meteorology Major in the New England Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in atmospheric sciences and meteorology. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in atmospheric sciences and meteorology.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Meteorology Major in the New England Region” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
We’ve created a tool called College Combat that lets you create your own customized comparisons based on the factors that matter the most to you. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.
The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Meteorology Major in the New England Region”.
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Meteorology Major in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Plymouth State University landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in Plymouth, New Hampshire, and it awarded 11 masters’s meteorology degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology at Plymouth State
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Meteorology Major in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Massachusetts Institute of Technology landed the #2 spot on the list. MIT is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 5 masters’s meteorology degrees to qualified students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 98%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 3 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.3% 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%.
Read full report on Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology at MIT
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