by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended Chemistry Major in Arkansas for a Master’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Chemistry is the 51st most popular major in the country with 21,239 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, chemistry graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $40,656 and had an average of $22,680 in loans still to pay off.
Across Arkansas, there were 215 chemistry graduates with average earnings and debt of $29,438 and $20,222 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 11 chemistry graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,270 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Chemistry Major in Arkansas for a Master’s” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in chemistry. To top this list, a school must have a successful chemistry program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.
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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Most Well Attended Chemistry Major in Arkansas for a Master’s” list to help you make the college decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Chemistry Major in Arkansas for a Master’s”.
Out of the 3 schools in the Most Well Attended Chemistry Major in Arkansas for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Arkansas at Little Rock landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Arkansas at Little Rock is a public institution located in Little Rock, Arkansas. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 7 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Arkansas. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Chemistry Major in Arkansas for a Master’s. This large school is located in Fayetteville, Arkansas, and it awarded 2 masters’s chemistry degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.1% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Arkansas State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Chemistry Major in Arkansas for a Master’s. Jonesboro, Arkansas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s chemistry degrees to 2 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.3% 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 more about Chemistry at Arkansas State University - Main Campus
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