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2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Physical Science in the Great Lakes Region

2 Ranked Colleges
23 Degrees Awarded
$32,800 Avg Cost*
Schools for a Master's Highly Focused on Physical Sciences Major in the Great Lakes Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Physical Sciences Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking.

Physical Science is the 179th most popular major in the country with 3,141 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 95 physical science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 23 physical science graduates with average earnings and debt of $59,182 and $43,142 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Physical Sciences Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in physical science. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in physical science.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Physical Sciences Major in the Great Lakes Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region master’s degree physical sciences students.

Top 2 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Physical Science in the Great Lakes Region

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University of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Chicago. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Physical Sciences Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in Chicago, Illinois, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 23 degrees to qualified masters’s physical sciences students in 2021-2022.

The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 99%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.5% 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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Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Physical Sciences Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Wright State University - Main Campus landed the #2 spot on the list. Wright State University - Main Campus is a public institution located in Dayton, Ohio. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 3 masters’s degrees in 2021-2022.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Physical Science at Wright State University - Main Campus

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